While the proposed legislation appears to make sense, the lack of bike crime statistics makes it hard to judge if squeezing the distribution part of the crime c

While the proposed legislation appears to make sense, the lack of bike crime statistics makes it hard to judge if squeezing the distribution part of the crime chain makes sense. The basics: how many 'chop shops' are there? How many bikes do they sell? If the numbers are small, it's just another burden on local police which may have other priorities on their plate, e.g. innercity crime/drugs. One of the countries that tracks bike theft as a separate category is Sweden[0]. > In 2015, 66,500 bicycle thefts were processed¹. > Investigation was commenced for 6.5 per cent ... while the majority were dismissed with no investigation. [0] https://www.bra.se/bra/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statistics/bicycle-theft.html https://www.bra.se/bra/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statist... There are 10 mln people living in Sweden, San Francisco has 1 mln. So there must be like 6K bike thefts annually. How many will be prevented by closing a few chop shops?