How to get your stolen bike back
Bike Index is the #1 resource for you when the worst happens - your bike gets stolen.
Bike Index is the world's best bike theft recovery platform, with the highest bike theft recovery rate of any bike registration service. We're here to get your bike back. All it takes is a minute to register, for free, and we'll tap into our network of hundreds of thousands of users and 1,000+ partnerships with law enforcement, bike shops, cities, and organizations to get your bike back.
Don't wait - unlock the Bike Index stolen bike recovery platform by registering your stolen bike on Bike Index now. Start using our recovery tools to recruit help from all over the world.
How do we do it?
As a non-profit, Bike Index's main bike theft recovery tool is community. We empower the cyclist by allowing you to register your stolen bike and immediately alert not only the community in which you live, but the national and international communities on the lookout for stolen bikes.
A Bike Index account lets you:
- Unlock our comprehensive stolen bike recovery platform
- Unleash the power of our volunteer community
- Create social media friendly stolen bike alerts
- Register your bike as stolen in police and pawn industry databases
- Have the best chance of recovering your stolen bike
With tools like our promoted alerts on Facebook and our tweeting of stolen bikes to our thousands of followers, Bike Index amplifies your stolen bike listing.
Bike Index gets bike-theft sympathetic eyes onto your bike. If someone sees it or finds it, they can message you via your Bike Index listing. And our network of Bike Index ambassadors, bike shops, and law enforcement partners is growing every day. Bike theft is a hot issue, and people are plugging in to monitor online sales platforms, report chop shops, and return bikes to their rightful owners.
Bike Index is the best tool in your time of crisis. Register your stolen bike now. You have nothing else to lose.
More resources:
- What to do if your bike is stolen
- Safety tips for recovering your own bicycle
- What to do when your bike is stolen in Oregon
- What to do when your bike has been stolen in Seattle
- What to do when your bike has been stolen in Portland
- What to do when your bike has been stolen in the Bay Area
- Why register your bikes on Bike Index?
The police found the bikes and called. I was able to pick it up. Thank you Mesa Police! translated from English
Ken
Bike recovered 2025.7.6
It was found in a storage unit of the person who stole it, I guess one of his friends found it and actually looked up the serial number, guess there still are honest people in this world! translated from English
Tony
Bike recovered 2025.7.2
My bike was given to somebody who recognized it must have been stolen and found my post on Bike Index! They messaged me and we worked out an anonymous system for them to give me back the bike! translated from English
Ava
Bike recovered 2025.7.1
Bike Index user sent me the Craigslist ad for my bike and Portland Police recovered the bike after I arranged a meeting to buy. translated from English
Reagan
Bike recovered 2025.6.30
A bike index user found it near my house and brought it to the police station, where I was able to go pick it up :) I knew where to go pick it up because the person who found it registered the found bike on bike index and it matched to my lost bike. translated from English
Stephanie
Bike recovered 2025.6.28