According to Home Office statistics, a bike is stolen every 71 seconds with the top three crime spots in Britain being Central London, Kingston-upon Thames and Cambridge. With more people cycling, bike theft could be set to rise.

A Cycle Monitoring System using SOS Response's Wireless Asset Security Protection (WASP) allows owners to lock up their bikes in CCTV-controlled secure areas at railway stations, campuses, and town centres. When the system was piloted in Portsmouth last October through December, bike crime was reduced by 90 per cent.

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