Cycling apps which map your route whilst riding are believed to contribute to the increased number of high value cycles being stolen in Dorset, according to Dorset Police.

These bike owners have had their stolen bikes returned to them thanks to the hard work of our Police Partners and the fact that the bikes were registered to BikeRegister.

We recently produced a bike crime graphic of the Top 10 Most Targeted Cities for bike theft using the information stored on our BikeRegister database.

One of our partners, Cyclepods, recently helped out at a British Transport Police (BTP) bike marking event at Sevenoaks railway station.

BikeRegister doesn’t just help identify bikes...in this case, BikeRegister was used to obtain the details of a man who had been involved in a collision so that police could inform his family.

DERBYSHIRE Constabulary and Derby City Council have teamed up with BikeRegister to offer bike security marking in Derby as part of a new campaign to tackle cycle crime in the city.

BikeRegister, the UK’s national cycle database, is urging everyone who is considering buying cycles as Christmas gifts - and those who already own bikes - to take steps to keep them safe and protected from thieves.

A STOLEN bike has been recovered after a thief tried to sell it to a cycle shop in Wandsworth and the observant retailer checked its status on BikeRegister, the National Cycle Database.

A SWIMMER who was left with a sinking feeling following the theft of his bike has had it returned to him in two days thanks to checks made by West Midlands Police and BikeRegister, the National Cycle Database.

A MAN who had his bike stolen and recovered within two and half hours of registering it as stolen on the BikeRegister database has been reunited with his bike.

A CYCLIST who had his brand new orange Pinnacle Lithium bike stolen was extremely grateful that he had it registered to the BikeRegister database, as it was recovered to him within a week.

A Danish TV crew was recently in London to find out more about how BikeRegister is helping to reduce bike crime in the Capital.

BikeRegister, the National Cycle Database, is proudly unveiling its brand new range of products and packaging today at The Cycle Show 2015, NEC, Birmingham.

OVER 3,000 bicycles across London were registered to BikeRegister, the national cycle database, during a week of cycle security action organised by Transport for London (TfL), the Metropolitan Police Service, City of London Police and the British Transport Police.

Proving that the BikeRegister system works, even many years later, one man has just been reunited with his bike 12 years after it was stolen thanks to an eagle-eyed officer from the Met Police in Hackney, who arrested a man in possession of a suspected stolen bike.

PUBLIC Health Minister and MP for Battersea Jane Ellison had her bike security marked by officers from MPS Wandsworth at a local community event.

THE Blazing Saddles project in Scotland has marked a fleet of specialist bikes worth £2,000-£9,000 each.

CYCLING sensation Daniel Tulett is setting the roads alight this season.

BIKEREGISTER is delighted to be able to claim its first love match!

WE recently took a call from a cyclist called Benjamin Cordier who had locked up his bike in Cambridge Circus in London while he ran some errands.

The inaugural Steering Clear of Cycle Crime Conference, hosted by BikeRegister, the national cycle database, in partnership with the British Transport Police, took place in Birmingham on Thursday, 9th July.

A BIKE has been returned to its owner after it was spotted chained up on a north-east London estate by PC Kieran Ferguson of MPS Hackney.

OUR BikeRegister Support Team recently helped a customer who is now living in Switzerland but had originally registered his bike when he was working in London.

A CYCLE loan scheme in the London Borough of Hackney is proving popular with residents who are able to borrow a bike for a month at a cost of just £10.

POLICE in Stratford, Warwickshire, are aiming to bring bike theft down to an all-time low by launching a new BikeRegister scheme.

THE BikeRegister team recently received a call from a man who noticed that a bike had been dumped outside his house in Croydon, south London.

A LARGE number of bike thefts in Blackpool highlighted an urgent need to increase the public’s awareness of bicycle security.

BikeRegister, the UK’s national cycle database, has partnered with cycle insurance specialists cycleplan to offer customers more help to protect their bikes.

BikeRegister, the UK’s national cycle database, is partnering with bike storage specialists Cyclepods Ltd to reduce bike crime at rail stations across the UK.

THREE men have been jailed for a total of five and-a-half years after they admitted involvement in the theft of hundreds of bikes from railway stations and other public places across London and Hertfordshire.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) are security marking and registering bikes on BikeRegister today as part of a major drive to enhance relationships with local communities.

BikeRegister, the UK’s national cycle database, is partnering with Cyclescheme, the leading provider of tax-free bikes for Cycle to Work schemes, in a unique initiative that will promote and facilitate the registration of bikes supplied via the scheme to the national register used by all UK Police Forces.

Officers from Southwark Counter Terrorism Patrol Unit (CTPU) recently held a bike theft and safety awareness day in partnership with the British Red Cross and local council wardens.

Following on from his hard work to promote safer transport and cycling in Bath, Don Foster MP has had his own bike marked and registered on the UK’s National Cycle Database.

A London woman has been reunited with her stolen bike after police stopped a man for riding it on the pavement 13 miles away, with a check on the frame number revealing that it had been recorded as stolen on the BikeRegister database.

A new bike marking identification scheme to tackle bike theft in Bournemouth is being rolled out across the town.

A Police-led initiative aimed at reducing bicycle theft across County Durham & Darlington has been launched.

The security of bikes at two universities has been significantly increased following a joint initiative between Devon and Cornwall Police and university service provider FX Plus.

Officers from MPS Southwark Counter Terrorism Patrol Unit (CTPU) have marked bikes worth thousands of pounds over the last few months.

Following checks carried out on BikeRegister as part of London bike theft initiative Project Cycle Ops, a cycle thief has been jailed for 12 weeks and a second man has been fined for handling stolen goods.

A joint initiative between North Wales Police and the security department of a local hospital has helped cyclists feel more secure while leaving their bikes on site during the day.

A bike that had been marked at a rail station in West Sussex and was subsequently stolen, was recovered and reunited with its owner in less than three hours thanks to BikeRegister.

Cycle commuters at Leamington train station were recently able to take advantage of a free bike check and the chance to register their bike on BikeRegister, the leading bike marking initiative in the UK.

With a search for a stolen bicycle taking place every 2.4 minutes on the BikeRegister site, the UK’s largest cycle database has revamped its website to simplify its registration process and further aid the recovery of lost and stolen bikes.

Nearly 50 bikes along with bike parts and accessories are being donated to a London bike charity in a new scheme launched today by British Transport Police (BTP) in association with BikeRegister.

London’s new Cycling Commissioner Andrew Gilligan has met with members of the BikeRegister team to discuss the importance of bike marking as an effective means to deter cycle theft.

A scheme to reduce bike theft and identify owners of lost or stolen bikes has been launched across North and West Belfast.

Residents of North Yorkshire who received a new bike over Christmas and the New Year period are being urged to have it security marked at special bike surgeries offered by local police.

A new initiative is being launched in West Sussex in an attempt to reduce the number of bicycle stolen from across the county.

A Police operation in Norwich involving bike marking has reduced the number of bicycles being stolen in the city by 80 per cent in just two weeks.