Originally Posted by
spare_wheel
Theft and bike mode are very positively correlated. The more people cycling, the more likely your bike will be stolen.
Or maybe it's just a function of crime percentage rather than like a correlation with increased bicycle population. I.e., if roughly 5-10% of bikes are stolen, then of course you would see very little bike theft in a town which only has 5 bike commuters relative to a big city which has a much larger population. However, the percentage of theft, and thus likelihood, would remain the same.