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Radio London,03 Oct 2025,6 mins

Why bike theft at stations is now 'decriminalised'

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The British Transport Police (BTP) says it will not investigate bike thefts outside stations where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours. It means most bike thefts will not be investigated and CCTV footage will not be looked at outside a two-hour timeframe. Commuters leave thousands of cycles on racks outside stations every day, including in specially built bike parks with CCTV. Critics say the BTP policy means those facilities are not secure and theft has effectively been decriminalised. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio London's Ross Ryan has more. (Image credit: Getty Images)

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