Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of bicycle thefts recorded in each of the last five years.
Minister of Justice: The Department does not hold the information requested. The recording of information on offences reported to the police is a matter for the Chief Constable. You may, therefore, wish to direct any further query relating to the number of bicycle thefts recorded to the PSNI.
The PSNI publish statistics on police recorded crime. The most recent annual bulletin relation to the period to end 2024/25. Information from that bulletin, relating to recorded crimes by police relating to theft or unauthorised taking of a pedal cycle has been provided in the following table.
Recorded crimes by police relating to theft or unauthorised taking of a pedal cycle, 2020/21 to 2024/25
| Year | Recorded offences |
| 2020/21 | 731 |
| 2021/22 | 699 |
| 2022/23 | 762 |
| 2023/24 | 639 |
| 2024/25 | 592 |
Source: PSNI
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