In August 2019 the 成人快手 Shared Data Unit reported railway stations serving London's commuter belt remained a prime target for bike thieves.
Across Great Britain, theft of bicycles from station property rose from 4,500 in 2016-17 to 6,400 last year, a rise of around 42%.
Campaigners and victims said more investment was needed to reduce this "low-risk, high-reward crime".
The Department for Transport said it wanted to improve security and install more CCTV to keep bikes safe.
The 成人快手's Shared Data Unit analysed crime data from British Transport Police and footfall figures from the Office of Rail Regulation and Transport for London.
It found:
- Some 16,725 bikes had been stolen from 1,245 railway and London Underground stations from 2016-2019.
- Many of the stations with the most thefts were located in London and the South East
This piece of content was produced by a regional newspaper reporter working alongside 成人快手 staff.
The Shared Data Unit makes data journalism available to news organisations across the media industry, as part of a partnership between the 成人快手 and the News Media Association. Stories generated by the partnership included:
- The Yorkshire Post: 5 August 2019
- The Gazette: 5 August 2019
- The Northern Echo: 5 August 2019
- Dorset Echo: 5 August 2019
- Bury Free Press: 5 August 2019
- The Welwyn Hatfield Times: 5 August 2019
- Kent Online: 5 August 2019
- Stevenage: The Comet: 5 August 2019
- Stroud News & Journal: 5 August 2019
- Eagle Radio: 5 August 2019
- Cambridgeshire Live: 5 August 2019
- Royston Crow: 5 August 2019
- The Herts Advertiser: 5 August 2019
- St Albans & Harpenden Review: 5 August 2019
- Ipswich Star: 5 August 2019
- Lancs Live: 5 August 2019
- Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard: 5 August 2019
- Romford Recorder: 5 August 2019
- road.cc: 5 August 2019
- Hampshire: The News: 6 August 2019
- Chichester Observer: 6 August 2019
- Daily Echo: 6 August 2019
- Express & Star: 6 August 2019
- York: The Press: 6 August 2019
- YorkMix: 6 August 2019
- West Sussex Gazette: 6 August 2019
- Portsmouth: The News: 6 August 2019
- Bedford Independent: 7 August 2019
- This Is Wiltshire: 8 August 2019
- Watford Observer: 8 August 2019
- Maidenhead Advertiser: 9 August 2019
The story was also used by Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire), 成人快手 Coventry & Warwickshire, 成人快手 Radio Cornwall, 成人快手 Radio Lancashire, 成人快手 Radio Lincolnshire, 成人快手 Surrey, 成人快手 Radio Cambridgeshire, 成人快手 Hereford & Worcester, 成人快手 Sussex, 成人快手 Radio Oxford, 成人快手 Berkshire, 成人快手 Wiltshire and 成人快手 Radio Kent