Reporting the theft
It really is worth reporting the theft of your bike. It’s important that they know the scale of theft taking place, and where the current locations are. They also manage to recover a surprising number of bikes that are not reported stolen, and so can’t be returned to the owners.
Cambridge Police’s phone number for non-emergencies is simply 101. Their other contact details are available online.
Our work to reduce theft
The Campaign has been involved in a number of initiatives to reduce cycle theft in and around Cambridge, and a number of articles from our newsletters are in the thread below.
You may also be interested to see our information leaflet on cycle security.
Thread of newsletter articles
See also the related thread on cycle parking.
- Lock It And Lose It Anyway (Newsletter 3: November 1995) (start of thread)
- Cycle Lockers Investigation (Newsletter 6: May 1996)
- Security (Newsletter 9: November 1996)
- Making life easier... (4) The sweeter aspect of the sorrow of parting (Newsletter 16: February 1998)
- Easier to park at Shire Hall (Newsletter 17: April 1998)
- Stop! Thief! (Newsletter 20: October 1998)
- Cycling Police (Newsletter 21: December 1998)
- Crime and Disorder Act (Newsletter 23: April 1999)
- Crime and Disorder Audit update (Newsletter 24: June 1999)
- Going for a Song (Newsletter 25: August/September 1999)
- Cycle Theft (Newsletter 26: October/November 1999)
- Policing Matters (Newsletter 32: October/November 2000)
- Cutting cycle theft in Cambridge (Newsletter 33: December 2000/January 2001)
- Seven cycle racks for Cambridge (Newsletter 35: April/May 2001)
- Cycle theft reduction project a success (Newsletter 43: August/September 2002)
- Cycle theft reduction project comes to an end (Newsletter 61: August/September 2005)
- Things I learned on the way to getting my stolen Bike-E back (Newsletter 64: February/March 2006)
- Cycle Crime Tasking Group — tackling the high rate of cycle theft in Cambridge (Newsletter 122: October - November)
- Volunteers for cycle theft hotspot surveys (Newsletter 122: October - November)
- Compromised bike stand warning (Newsletter 125: April - May 2016)