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?
Recovered after nearly a year—still can’t believe it! Thank you to Bike Index for keeping my bike on record and helping make recovery possible, and sincere appreciation to Calgary Police Service District 2. Very grateful! vertaald uit het Engels
Someone found it behind the YWCA dumpster with the battery, bag, and bungee cords missing. They looked up the bike number on the index and called me! While it sucks the batter Is gone, I’m so glad we’ve got the bike back! vertaald uit het Engels
Someone spotted it and posted a picture of the thief riding it on a local stolen bikes FB group. The police tracked the bike via the FB post and recovered. vertaald uit het Engels
Ted's Bicycle Shop in Colorado Springs picked it up from someone who brought it in for service there. They compared the serial number to the one listed here and they were able to hold on to it for me. vertaald uit het Engels
Police office found it and recovered it. He looked at the bike index post to confirm that it had been stolen!! Thank you! vertaald uit het Engels