Officers from Northampton North Safer Community Team recently carried out bike security marking using BikeRegister at Northampton College.

A major Bike Watch scheme is clamping down on bike theft when it launches today across the whole of North Wales.

Cheshire police have left their mark at a successful event in Holmes Chapel village centre.

Two Brompton owners who had their bikes stolen have been reunited with them, following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police Service Safer Transport Command’s Cycle Task Force, funded by Transport for London.

With cycle-to-work schemes becoming ever more popular and with warmer weather tempting out more fair-weather cyclists, police in Taunton are reminding people to remember to lock their bikes up, not only when out and about, but when they are stored at home.

Cyclists in Stockport were urged to saddle up and beat the bike thieves by taking advantage of a new bike security scheme using BikeRegister.

Police in west Cumbria are recommending the use of BikeRegister after bike theft increased significantly in the area.

Officers in Wales have marked and registered new police bikes with BikeRegister to protect them from being stolen while they are on duty.

Cyclists in Widnes have been offered the chance to have their bikes security marked and the details logged on the BikeRegister database.

Officers from Northamptonshire Police recently set up a bike surgery and crime prevention initiative at a local specialist sports college.

Over 750 bikes were security marked and registered on BikeRegister by officers from the Transport for London (TfL) funded Metropolitan Police Service Safer Transport Command (STC) last month, in the lead up to Christmas.

The City of London has seen a spate of cycle thefts in recent weeks and, in a bid to reduce bicycle thefts and help owners to protect their bikes, the City of London Police will be holding a free bicycle marking event using BikeRegister on Wednesday, 18 January at Finsbury Avenue, Broadgate Estate.

A woman has been reunited with her bicycle less than 40 hours after it was stolen from a railway station thanks to a BikeRegister initiative launched by Sutton Police.

Bicycle shops in Ruislip and Northwood are offering customers the chance to have their new purchase security marked and the details logged on BikeRegister.com

People buying new bicycles this month can have them security marked and registered by officers from the Transport for London-funded Metropolitan Police Service Safer Transport Command (STC).

BikeRegister is delighted to announce that it has been chosen as both the preferred cycle register and bike marking product for London by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

With Christmas approaching, Avon & Somerset police are issuing a timely reminder to cyclists to lock their bikes up securely when they are out and about, and also to mark and register them online using BikeRegister.com.

Crime reduction initiative to deter and prevent bike theft has been introduced on an industrial estate in Runcorn, Cheshire.

Police officers from the Safer Transport Team for Bromley have been using BikeRegister as part of an ongoing campaign against bike theft in the borough.

More than 100 cyclists have had their bikes security marked using BikeRegister in Widnes, Cheshire.

A Senior police officer is urging cyclists to get their bikes security-marked and placed on the BikeRegister database after a count showed that over 500 lost and stolen cycles recovered by police in the Richmond area still await identification.

Crime reduction officers from British Transport Police (BTP) are embarking on a series of educational bike marking surgeries using BikeRegister products to encourage owners of pedal cycles to ensure their property is more secure.

Raising awareness of bike crime and advising on how to secure bikes against theft using cycle locks and bike marking are the main aims of an initiative launched by The States of Jersey Police.

Successful bike marking events have been taking place across Tunbridge Wells in Kent, making cycles a far less attractive target for thieves.

A stolen bike has been recovered and returned to its grateful owner via Bikeregister.com, following a successful police initiative to prevent and deter bike theft in Peterborough city centre.

Bikes belonging to commuters are among those to benefit from a crime prevention initiative in Harrow town centre using Bikeregister permanent marking kits.

An exciting initiative to encourage pupils to saddle up and pedal their way to the title of “the UK’s fastest school” is about to get off the blocks, together with a special offer from online bike registration initiative Bikeregister.com.

Bikes that have been lost or stolen and recovered by police are being re-introduced to the community following an innovative scheme by Cheshire Constabulary, which also involves the use of BikeRegister marking kits.

Bike thieves have been arrested, stolen bikes recovered and more than 11,000 bikes security-marked by the Metropolitan Police’s Cycle Task Force, which is using BikeRegister as one of its initiatives to clampdown on bike theft in London.

A major initiative to help reduce bike theft was launched recently by North Wales Police at the historic town of Dolgellau in the Snowdonia National Park.

Cyclists in the Warrington South area of Cheshire are being offered the chance to have their bikes security marked and details logged on bikeregister.com, the UK’s leading online bike registration initiative.

Thousands of pounds worth of bikes were stolen across the city of Gloucester last year (2010), leading to a major police crackdown on bike theft involving the national online bike registration service, bikeregister.com.

Following a spate of bike thefts from the city centre last summer, police in Peterborough are launching an initiative to encourage bike owners to protect their cycles from theft using the national BikeRegister database.

Bike thieves won’t be so keen to get back in the saddle following a new crime prevention initiative just launched at a bike club in Derbyshire.

Over 30,000 bikes have been security marked using BikeRegister kits over the last five years in the London Boroughs of Richmond, Westminster, and Kingston alone.

Almost 80 bikes were security marked at a police event aimed at tackling bike theft in Widnes, Cheshire.

Bike marking sessions organised by Northumbria Police have proved popular with young cyclists in North Tyneside.

The London Borough of Brent has launched a BikeRegister scheme to prevent bicycle thefts in Willesden Green and assist with owner recovery.

Following a new link-up with Bike It, the national cycle-to-school initiative, children from primary schools in the Doncaster area have had their bikes security-marked and placed on the Bikeregister database to protect them from loss and theft.

Doctors, nurses and members of the public were encouraged to get on their bikes and ride to a teaching hospital near Norwich to attend a special bike ’surgery’ where cycles were security marked and registered on the national BikeRegister database.

Officers from Rotherham North Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) in South Yorkshire have been working hard to prevent the theft of BMX bikes and other pedal cycles in their area.

A valuable mountain bike which was stolen from a busy street in central London has been quickly reunited with its owner after its details were recorded on BikeRegister.com

Up to 3,000 bikes belonging to young children, commuters and rural community members have been marked using the BikeRegister system to prevent and deter cycle theft in County Durham.

A hard-hitting initiative that is fighting back against the ongoing problem of bike theft in Edinburgh has won a Secured By Design (SBD) award.

Pupils at a primary school in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, are now cycling safer thanks to a visit by their neighbourhood police team.

Bike Week is the UKs largest mass participation cycling event and provides an annual opportunity to promote cycling as a source of fitness and fun, not to mention an alternative form of transport.

Bikes belonging to commuters, students, shoppers and children in the Chichester area have been visibly marked with a permanent security marking as part of a successful scheme to prevent and deter cycle theft.

Ten days ago I nearly became a crime statistic. It happened on a Saturday, some time after I dropped my daughter off at music school, leaving her bicycle chained to railings outside. When I went back to collect her, the bike was gone, the only trace of it a dead-looking cable lock, cleanly severed at the throat.

Following a recent high profile visible-marking campaign involving bikes belonging to MPs, Peers and parliamentary workers from the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, a bike that was subsequently stolen has been recovered by police and returned to its rightful owner.

Bikes belonging to MPs and Peers were visibly marked with a permanent security marking before they set off on this year’s All Party Parliamentary Bike Ride.