BikeRegister helped drive cycle security at Colchester’s Spring Onto Your Bike festival, with 43 bicycles security marked to support bike theft prevention and encourage more people to register their bikes.

Bike theft remains a persistent issue across the UK, but recovery is possible - especially when communities stay alert and bikes are registered. This real-life BikeRegister recovery story shows how quick thinking, shared information and a vigilant postman helped reunite a stolen bike with its owner.

London Heritage Quarter (LHQ) is marking three years of sustained action to improve cycle security and personal safety across central London, as bike theft and street crime continue to rise in the capital.

Hampshire and IOW Constabulary launched a BikeRegister initiative to tackle rising bicycle theft. Distributing QR marking stickers and hosting community events, officers improved crime prevention, property recovery and public engagement in hotspot areas.

January saw 24 stolen bikes reunited to their owners - proving registration, awareness and community action deter theft and keeping cyclists riding all year round.

City of London Police returned two stolen bikes to their rightful owners within a week, highlighting the power of BikeRegister QR stickers in recovering stolen property.

After severe flooding in Valencia, Rob Hanley’s locked bike was stolen. Thanks to its BikeRegister sticker, police identified and returned it, after Rob spotted it weeks later at the same station.

In October, 45 stolen bicycles were successfully returned to their owners thanks to the efforts of police forces and the cycling community. These recoveries highlight the importance of registering your bike with BikeRegister to increase the chances of its safe return.

Oxford Brookes University has transformed its approach to cycle security, reducing bike thefts by 91% through a proactive blend of prevention, education and community engagement. With initiatives such as BikeRegister marking events, enhanced CCTV coverage and partnerships with Thames Valley Police, the campus has become a model of best practice for crime prevention.

BikeRegister has established a longstanding partnership with Merseyside Police to combat cycle crime. Through initiatives such as large-scale bike marking events and the integration of routine checks into policing, the collaboration has achieved national recognition, including a 2024 award and a feature by the College of Policing as best practice.

Lancashire Constabulary successfully returned a bike to it's rightful owner recently, thanks to the frame being marked with a BikeRegister Membership Plus Kit

Over the last few years, West Yorkshire Police have spearheaded partnerships with 3 local authorities to promote the use of BikeRegister, with the ultimate goal to reduce cycle crime in the local areas.

City of London Police have initiated a new Cycle Response Unit in order to crack down on cycle safety.

With cycle theft on the rise, retailers are having to take proactive measures to ensure that the bikes stay in the hands of the rightful owner, including partnering with BikeRegister to deter theft.

A stolen bike was recently reunited with its rightful owner, thanks to proactive policing and the use of BikeRegister.

Due to the rising rates of bike theft in and around Leeds, West Yorkshire Police and Leeds City Council have partnered with BikeRegister to offer bike marking in order to deter and reduce cycle crime.

In response to increasing levels of cycle crime, a strong partnership approach with BikeRegister and a focus on prevention is helping to tackle theft and robbery offences involving high-value bikes.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary have recognised that cycle crime is the “most prevalent single offence category” in Cambridge, and have proactively reduced cycle theft within the city by using BikeRegister.

Surge Bikes, an e-bike retailer based in Basingstoke, have proactively taken measures to deter cycle theft by partnering with BikeRegister – the UK’s National Cycle Database.

Retailers across the country are amplifying their processes in order to combat the rising pressures of cycle crime in partnership with BikeRegister

A member of the public discovered he bought a stolen bike off eBay. He explains how BikeRegister helps him reunited it with its rightful owner.

A cyclist from Colchester was reunited with her bike earlier this month, when it was stolen outside her local shopping centre, thanks to BikeRegister.

Cyclists are set to benefit from a new bike marking partnership with Fettle, following a successful launch event in the Fettle-KwikFit workshop in Bristol.

To help deter bike thieves, MathWorks, an organisation that specialises in mathematical computing software, at Cambridge Science Park hosted a bike marking event for their staff.

Retailers and manufacturers now realise that ‘fear of theft’ is a very legitimate barrier to customers buying high-value bikes, in particular e-bikes.

In 2020, Cambridge City Community Safety Partnership initiated a multi-agency task group, chaired by Cambridge City Council, to combat cycle crime and anti-social behaviour. As a result, there has been a 60% reduction in cycle thefts from 2019 to 2022.

Officers from across various police forces took place in 'Operation Calibre' from the 6th - 12th November, in order to tackle robbery and serious violence.

This year’s national Cycle Crime Conference delivered a strong message to delegates - ‘Let’s Beat Cycle Crime Together’. Now in its eighth year, the July conference was hosted by BikeRegister, the National Cycle Database, and held at West Midlands Police Training Centre in Birmingham.

A Birdy R & M Rohloff 14-gear folding bike worth £4,000 and belonging to bike enthusiast Fran Jones was stolen on the first day of her new job in London.

Leaving a bike unlocked for just a few seconds is all it takes to give a thief a window of opportunity, as Southampton cyclist Mark Evans (pictured) was unfortunate enough to learn.

A woman from Worcester Park was delighted to have her stolen Tern bike returned to her amazingly quickly after being put up for sale just days after the theft.

Oxford Neighbourhood Watch has been working with University of Oxford on a collaborative research project that aims to understand more about bike theft locally.

This year the national Cycle Crime Conference switched up a gear and took to the open road. Now in its seventh year the conference, hosted by BikeRegister, the National Cycle Database, became a roadshow and was held across two venues – one in Bristol and one in Leeds.

A successful bike marking event was held by the Safer Neighbourhood Team in South Hatfield, Hertfordshire, recently.

Double Olympic gold medallist Alistair Brownlee MBE has today announced a partnership with BikeRegister, the national Police-preferred, bicycle marking and registration scheme. 

The recent conviction of a prolific bike thief is the latest success for Avon & Somerset Police in fighting cycle crime, and his sentencing has seen him banned from having a bike in his possession without an original receipt.

Officers from West Yorkshire Police in Leeds have teamed up with Leeds City council in a joint initiative to encourage cycling and combat cycle crime in and around the city.

Local residents were offered the chance to keep their bikes safe from thieves at a series of bike marking events held across the Malvern Hills District.

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BikeRegister customer Alwen Wiederhold claims that without registering his son's bike he doesn't think it would have ever been returned.

The Burlington Danes Family Cycle Library in West London is aiming to help more parents and children to cycle to school and for leisure.

In light of post-Covid guidance on choosing a more sustainable way to travel to school, an organisation called Bikes For Schools has been set up.

A stolen bicycle has been returned to its owner after the thief was tackled to the ground by police officers in Northampton town centre.

The sixth annual Cycle Crime Conference, hosted by BikeRegister, the national cycle database, in association with British Transport Police (BTP), took place virtually on 14th July 2021.

Double Olympic Champion and Leeds Active Travel Ambassador, Alistair Brownlee MBE, recently joined Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Police to launch BikeRegister in the city.

Never underestimate bike thieves – especially if you are new to commuting by bike.

A valuable new service has been launched for BikeRegister members that allows the general public to message them direct should their beloved bike be seen listed for sale online.

NHS staff in London have been given unclaimed stolen bicycles from police storage under a new scheme launched by the Metropolitan Police.

Police Scotland has partnered with BikeRegister to help tackle bike thefts as part of an ongoing national campaign.

With one bike being recovered as quickly as 20 minutes after the theft, to another turning up 10 years later, these Top 10 recoveries from BikeRegister prove the system works; returning stolen bikes to grateful owners and helping to reduce and deter bike crime.