Whilst unlocking my bike the other day I noticed that someone had had a bloody good go at the lock with a saw, thankfully unsuccesful, which annoyed me. When I noticed another lock completely sawed through I got really angry. Bike thefts are rife round here, so many people I know have had theirs nicked. I don’t know whether the bike attached to the above lock was stolen or not.
I got het up enough to call the police but I must admit I wasn’t expecting them to take a slightly damaged bike lock all that seriously. How wrong I was, they were great. They had a pair of officers round within the hour who took a good look at the locks and took a statement and crime report.
At a previous Residents’ Association meeting the Neighbourhood Police Officer suggested the housing association managing our flats had created a crime ‘hot spot’ with an insecure bike holding area. I can only hope my reporting of this will contribute to the statistics that back that up, which will hopefully lead to some sort of solution.
