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?
Calgary police found it at a location that it didn’t look like it belonged ran the VIN and traced it back to us! Thank you bike index 🙏🏼 translated from English
Jaymee
Bike recovered 2025.3.8
The Edmonton Police recovered it on a Sunday evening. Because it was registered, they were able to call me and returned it to me that evening! This is the 2nd bike that I've recovered because of Bike Index ❤️ translated from English
Eric
Bike recovered 2025.3.6
Edmonton Police Service recovered my bike with help from Bike Index! translated from English
Chris
Bike recovered 2025.3.3
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