Claim: Scotland Yard has logged 22,025 motorcycle muggings in 12 months – a rise of 50 per cent.
Fact-check: Is moped crime rising in London? - Full Fact
Verdict: the metropolitan police have recorded 22,025 crimes enabled by scooters, mopeds and motorcycles from june 2017 to may 2018, 50% more than the same period in 2016/17, but this does mask a recent falling trend month-by-month.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sinéad Boultwood
Date published: 2018-06-27T00:00:00