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<p>This Government recognises the impact acquisitive crime can have on individuals
and communities. The 2021 Beating Crime Plan, sets out the Government’s strategy for
cutting crime, protecting the law-abiding majority and making neighbourhoods safe.
The plan can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015382/Crime-plan-v10.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015382/Crime-plan-v10.pdf</a>.</p><p>Since
2010, overall crime excluding fraud and computer misuse is down by 55%, and we welcome
the latest Crime Survey for England and Wales data, which shows that bicycle theft
is also down 55% when comparing findings from the year ending September 2023 with
the year ending March 2010.</p><p>A key part of making acquisitive crime less attractive
to criminals is making stolen goods harder to sell on. That is why we are working
closely with policing and academic leads to examine what more can be done to tackle
the disposal markets for stolen goods and reduce the profit from acquisitive crime.</p><p>This
Government also established the Safer Streets Fund. Since its inception in 2020, we
have invested over £150 million to deliver interventions across England and Wales
helping to tackle and prevent violence against women and girls, anti-social behaviour
and neighbourhood crime. This includes investing just over £3.4 million in Lancashire,
funding a range of initiatives such as CCTV and street lighting, improvements to home
security measures and youth engagement and educational programmes.</p><p>The Home
Office is working closely with the British Transport Police (BTP), the national lead
for cycle theft, to tackle the theft of bicycles. The BTP has launched the ‘double
lock it’ campaign with police forces and organisations, providing advice to owners
on how to protect their bicycles: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.btp.police.uk%2Fpolice-forces%2Fbritish-transport-police%2Fareas%2Fcampaigns%2Fdouble-lock-it%2F&data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1ccecdb003ac4b99f13408da6a427512%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939130897619209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AJnmVh0mAoSustcSga%2Fo4B42WRZDoPpL%2B5gyHecq5fA%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/campaigns/double-lock-it/</a>.</p><p>The
Department for Transport’s (DfT) Cycling and Walking Plan for England, also sets out
initiatives to combat cycle theft, including encouraging retailers to number the bicycles
they sell and offer customers the opportunity to register their bicycle on a database
at the point of sale. The Plan is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcycling-and-walking-plan-for-england&data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1ccecdb003ac4b99f13408da6a427512%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939130897619209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gfeelBYDwqb9gRWXC3kYh%2Fdle%2BGk48CB5C3gqfvqR2o%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-plan-for-england</a>.</p><p>The
BTP-led National Cycle Crime Group, working with DfT, have set up Cycle Crime Reduction
Partnerships across the country to coordinate regional enforcement activity to disrupt
organised cycle theft.</p>
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