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?
Thanks to the whole Twin Cities Stolen Bike group, who found the bike being sold on OfferUp and walked me through how to get it back from the seller. We met, took it back, didn't have any trouble, and now she's back home! Yay! translated from English
Emily
Bike recovered 2025.2.26
My bike was listed for sale on Facebook Marketplace, and while I had already found the listing, someone also reached out via Bike Index to alert me. After I notified the Vancouver Police, they successfully recovered it. Bike Index proved to be an invaluable tool throughout the process. translated from English
Maciej
Bike recovered 2025.2.26
Bike Index alerted that the bike was being sold on offer up. This bike was sold to another person in the community. Through a major effort a friend found out who the bike was sold to. Upon contacting them and paying them for the bike I was able to recover the bike. translated from English
Michael
Bike recovered 2025.2.24
Someone purchased the contents of a local storage unit at an auction, and my bike was included! He ran the serial number on Bike Index to check if it had been stolen and ended up calling me to give it back. translated from English
Laura
Bike recovered 2025.2.22
I got message from bike index that bike similar to reported appeared on OfferUp. I was able identify my bike on pictures on Ad. Everett Police Department helped with recovery. translated from English
Alexander
Bike recovered 2025.2.17