BBC goes on the trail of the bicycle thieves hunting down 18,000 stolen bikes after FOI

Bike Radar report:

A BBC programme will explain how organised crimes gangs and opportunistic thieves are leading epidemic proportions of bike theft.

According to BBC freedom of information requests to 10 police forces across the Midlands, almost 18,000 bikes were reported stolen in 2012 but only six percent were returned to owners.

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