Cambridge 'UK's top hotspot' for bike thefts, figures show | Highlight
Cambridge is the UK’s top hotspot for bike thefts, recording more than double the number of its rival city on the list, according to new figures. MoneySuperMarket analysed bike theft data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and found that the rate of reported thefts per 1,000 people was highest in Cambridge in 2020 at 18.4. Oxford and Reading take second and third place, reporting eight and 5.2 stolen bikes per 1,000 people respectively. At the other end of the scale, Tunbridge Wells (0.2), Caerphilly (0.2) and Dudley (0.3) had the lowest rates of bicycle theft. Overall, the data ...