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Police U-turn on controversial railway station bike theft policy
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The Railway Magazine
A police policy not to investigate thefts of bikes left at railway stations for longer than two hours has been reversed.
Cycling groups criticised the policy, which they said contradicted Government efforts to integrate public transport with cycling.
Analysis by campaign group Crush Crime found 4,193 railway station bike thefts were reported in 2024, but a suspect was charged in just 22 cases.
In a statement this week, BTP said it has updated the bike theft section of its crime screening policy to “enhance the force’s service to victims of this crime”.
“To further improve our service to victims, and following an internal review, we have recently refreshed our crime screening policy.