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“Knifepoint” bikejacking in broad daylight captured on CCTV outside busy coffee shop

The incident is the latest in a line of violent bike thefts to have recently occurred. Met Police took two hours to respond to the incident.

Wed, Mar 04, 2026 12:10

“He waved the axe and told me to give him the bike”: Violent gangs attacking “sitting duck” cyclists in latest bikejacking spree – as victim says he is now too nervous to cycle on roads

Police in Hertfordshire are appealing for information following a spate of bikejacking attempts on cyclists by axe-wielding thieves on mopeds and motorbikes

Mon, Oct 27, 2025 19:00

“Steal away”: Violent bikejackings targeting cyclists “are doing society a favour”, writes journalist in column claiming latest hammer attacks in Regent’s Park are “excellent”

Times newspaper column claiming cyclists have turned London park "into a circle of hell" and bikejackings "doing society a favour" follows latest reports of cyclists threatened with hammers and pushed off by violent robbers targeting high-value bikes

Tue, Feb 25, 2025 10:41

Bristol & Bath Railway Path, near Whitehall Primary School, Bristol

“I feel safer between buses and cars”: Violent bikejackings force cyclists to avoid popular cycling path which has turned into “Wild West” with an “epidemic of joyriding”

After cyclists claimed they didn’t feel comfortable riding solo at night on the Bristol & Bath Railway Path following a number of recent knifepoint bike robbery incidents, South Gloucestershire Council has now said it will install CCTV along the route

Wed, Nov 13, 2024 12:59

London bike-jackings on the rise, with lone riders vulnerable

Towpaths and Quietways the hot-spots for gangs targeting riders

Wed, Mar 04, 2020 16:08