Registering Your Bike
With most new bike sold being stolen within 24 months, it's really important to take down a few essential details of your bike that will drastically improve the odds of your bike being returned should the worst happen. The minimum of details you should take are Make and...
Nominate us for a BikeBiz Award
I’ve been operating Stolen-Bikes.co.uk (and its sister site findthatbike.co.uk) for just over a year and in that time I’ve seen many bikes returned to their rightful owners (and hopefully many more to come, if yours is recovered please let me know the story as I’m alway...An appeal to local bike shop owners
Please, please.... please stop selling cheap chain/cable locks! In a recent June issue of a magazine aimed at the UK bike industry (shall remain nameless) I was horrified to see that these locks continue to be sold despite not being fit for purpose no matter how you loo...
Police forces fail to investigate up to 90% of bicycle thefts (Press Release)
Figures released under Freedom of Information laws reveal scale of the problem Victims turn to Stolen-bikes.co.uk for help locating their missing bicycles Thousands of bicycle thefts reported to the police are not being investigated because officers believe they are unl...
£2.5k Stolen Bike Recovered
Below is the short version of an email I received from a very happy cyclist, it's always good to get these emails as much of what I do comes out of my own pocket. Hello John, Just thought I’d let you know that I’ve recovered my ‘Sunday best’ race bike with the help of y...
SpyBike GPS Tracker
When I first started this website I spotted a GPS tracker from Integrated Trackers that simple fits in your head tube and tracks your bikes position when it’s activated. What follows is a short review of the first generation SpyBike and how it works… First Impressions W...
How to avoid buying a stolen bike
Unfortunately in the UK bike theft is at epidemic levels, a bike is stolen every 67 seconds, as a consequence to this it is important that you know how to avoid buying a stolen bike. Below are just some general rules and steps to take Look at the bike and the price, loo...
Taken from Hackney Gazette A safer neighbourhood team discovered a haul of 150 bikes - believed to be stolen - following a raid of a house in Clapton on Monday. Leabridge Safer Neighbourhoods Team (SNT) executed a search warrant at an address in Chatsworth Road, Clapton...
Some Statistics For You
We've gone over the latest Home Office statistics and found some pretty interesting things that smash some common thoughts about bike theft. Here's a run down, but for the full infographic click here. I Lock my bike with a secure lock when I'm out, so I'm safe Nope, 69%...
Recovering Your Stolen Bike
So if your reading this chances are you’re looking for a way to recover your stolen bike, unfortunately there is no sure fire way but you can drastically help you chances by following these 3 key steps. Quick Links... Stolen Bikes – Stolen Bike Register Find That Bike –...
Surrey Police Displaying 50 Recovered Bikes
Cyclists have the chance to be reunited with their stolen or missing bicycles as Surrey Police open up shop to display the bikes. The police will take over an empty retail unit on the weekend of Saturday, January 19, and Sunday, January 20, to try to reunite bicycle own...
17 Bikes Recovered in Northampton
If you had your bike stolen in Northampton you may well be in luck, 17 bikes have been recovered in a single raid on 3rd January 2013. TWO men involved have been arrested on suspicion of stealing pedal cycles after Safer Community Team officers in Northampton carried ou...London’s Brick Lane A Stolen Bike Hub
So whilst I've been looking for my own bike I kept coming across mentions on Brick Lane Market for bikes that were stolen in London. Surely the problem can't be that bad I thought... After getting a report of my bike being for sale in London, I finally had the opportuni...
11 Brompton bicycles recovered in London
Officers from Harrow's Safer Transport Team executed a warrant on Tuesday 16 October at an address in Stanmore and recovered 11 Brompton bicycles believed to be stolen. Two men aged 25 and 24 were arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods and have been bailed to re...
Huge Haul of 100 Stolen Bikes Recovered
Police in the New Forest have recovered more than 100 suspected stolen bikes as part of a crackdown on bike theft in the New Forest. Since September at least 50 bikes have been reported as stolen across the Lymington, Brockenhurst and New Milton areas worth at least £15...Read more“There are serial numbers for most bikes therefore if any potential victim could have their serial numbers to hand when they contact us.”
Massive Haul of 20 Bikes Recovered in Cardiff
Police have just recovered more than 20 bikes from a property in Cardiff, it's beleived a majority of the bikes are from the Canton area of the city. Amongst the bikes, frames and parts recovered were a range of Apollo and Giant mountain bikes, various bike frames, a BM...Read morePolice in Edinburgh have arrested and charged four people in connection with 50 break-ins to garden sheds in the west of the Capital.