LIFTING BIKES
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Along with the increased status of bicycles as a means of transportation and exercise has come an unwelcome kind of popularity--their attraction to thieves. After a long downward trend in the number of stolen bikes (interrupted only in 1984), county residents are now seeing their bikes disappear in increasing numbers. Here’s a look at the trend during the 1980s:
Number % Change From Year Stolen Prior Year 1989* 2,976 -- 1988 5,809 +6.9 1987 5,436 -15.1 1986 6,401 -12.5 1985 7,312 -7.3 1984 7,890 +14.2 1983 6,910 -19.0 1982 8,536 -14.1 1981 9,936 -14.9 1980 11,669 --
* January-June only Source: California Attorney General’s Office, Bureau of Criminal Statistics and Special Services
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