Your own county might surprise you.
As revealed on Thursday morning, almost €2 million worth of bikes have been stolen in Ireland since 2016.
The information comes from An Garda Síochána as they establish their new ‘Lock It or Lose It’ campaign in a bid to improve general security.
According to the figures, Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway account for 83% of all bicycle theft.
52% of bikes are stolen on public streets, while 32% are taken from homes.
In total, 41,122 bikes have been stolen in the past two years.
The county-by-county breakdown is below.
All figures provided are from 1 January 2016 – 30 June 2018.
Dublin: 9918
Cork: 683
Limerick: 646
Galway: 506
Kildare: 368
Louth: 280
Waterford: 255
Wicklow: 215
Kilkenny/Carlow: 197
Meath: 174
Westmeath: 152
Kerry: 139
Laois/Offaly: 135
Wexford: 89
Sligo/Leitrim: 61
Clare: 60
Roscommon/Longford: 59
Mayo: 51
Tipperary: 48
Cavan/Monaghan: 45
Donegal: 31
And the numbers breakdown between 2016 and 2018:
2016: 5684
2017: 6109
2018: 2319 (YTD)
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