What are the chances of finding a stolen bike?

ONLY 2.4\% of stolen bikes can be recovered. That’s why you need to learn some effective bike theft prevention tips to protect your bicycles from thieves. There are 9 bike theft prevention tips you can try to secure your bike from thieves.

How can I get my stolen bike back?

There are still many ways you can work on recovering your stolen bike, including:

1. Contact the police. If your bike is stolen, you’ll need to file a police report.
2. Register your bike. Even if you didn’t register your bike before it was stolen, you can do so after.
3. Alert local pawn shops.
4. Check local ads.

Why are bikes stolen so often?

Another reason theft is so prevalent is that locks haven’t kept pace with the times. The ones that do work can be so expensive or so heavy that they actually deter people from riding in the first place. GPS trackers can locate a stolen bike, but do nothing to stop thieves who only want to strip its parts.

What do criminals do with stolen bikes?

Last fall, police officers in the cycling-friendly town of Davis, California, recovered almost 70 stolen bikes they believe are linked to a single thief. The bikes that go unclaimed, by law, will be returned to the pawn shops where the thief or thieves fenced them.

Are bike thieves common?

On average, over 188,500 bicycle thefts are reported stolen each year in the United States, a statistic that in itself is staggering when one also considers the number of bicycle thefts that go unreported. Some US cities are starting to fight back against bicycle theft.

Do people still steal bikes?

The FBI publishes the percentage of bikes reported stolen each year in their yearly edition of Crime in the United States which is available on the FBI’s website, www.fbi.gov. In 2019, bicycles represented 3.1\% of larceny-theft reported, second only to motor vehicles.