The Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick urged moped and scooter riders to double lock them to help keep them safe on Friday.
She said: “It is the easy availability of scooters that is driving the rise in scooter-enabled crime. So, I urge all riders: properly secure your scooter to reduce its risk of theft. If everyone plays their part, we can thwart these thieves.”
Her words come as the Met launch a new video campaign to fight scooter crime with the core message: “The more visible the security, the less visible your scooter is to thieves: adding extra security makes it harder for them to steal.”
Figures show that over 15,000 scooters, motorcycles and mopeds were stolen in London in the last year - more than half of all stolen vehicles in the capital - and scooters were used in over 14,000 crimes.
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