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    'Staggering' level of bike thefts in Exeter

    Police teams in Exeter have reported a staggering £95,000 worth of stolen cycles in a 7-month period.

    The startling figures are mainly due to bikes being fitted with inadequate locks.
    Serious bike owners will typically spend over £500 on a new bike, but use a cheap lock.

    Of the 240 offences reported this year, 36 were stripped of parts and 204 stolen outright.

    Fifty-six of these were left either outside a residential property or shop, or left unattended in a communal area.

    When bikes are kept in one piece, the serial number is usually filed off and the frame re-sprayed.

    Exeter police are reminding people that it is an offence to purchase a stolen bike or parts.

    The most common time for a bike offence is overnight ,and most are taken from rear gardens, sheds or garages.

     

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