I’ve looked at this using postcode sectors – a small unit and probably the most relevant. This is something you can easily query with a ukcrimestats login. Here are the top 10 – I knew Cambridge was bad, but not that bad !
| Rank | Postcode Sectors | Area | Bike Theft Total |
| 1 | CB1 2 | Cambridge (Central South) Teversham | 398 |
| 2 | CB2 1 | Cambridge (West) | 379 |
| 3 | CB2 3 | Cambridge (West) | 371 |
| 4 | OX4 1 | East Oxford Cowley Blackbird Leys Sandford-on-Thames Iffley | 346 |
| 5 | CB1 1 | Cambridge (Central South) Teversham | 299 |
| 6 | CF10 1 | Cardiff city centre Grangetown Cardiff Bay & Butetown | 276 |
| 7 | PE1 1 | Peterborough Eastfield Eastgate Dogsthorpe Fengate Newark Parnwell | 269 |
| 8 | KT1 1 | Kingston upon Thames Hampton Wick | 267 |
| 9 | OX1 3 | Central and South Oxford Kennington | 232 |
| 10 | CB5 8 | Cambridge (East) | 205 |