Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Bike was locked to alley-facing wooden porch behind my apartment. They ripped off the wooden pole from the porch and slid the u-lock over the top of it.

Someone came upstairs to my second floor porch on 21st St that is facing the EL tracks by the alley and snatched the bikes I left outside overnight while I was cleaning my floors/walls. I had the Baby blue and white bike frame and the rebuilt Schwinn that is dark grey with pink decals and took them both while my family slept. I did not notice this until my wife notified me the next day while I was gone that someone had come upstairs and taken the bikes. They did not take anything else of value, including another bike... They simply came and stole the bike frame and the rebuild project I had. I thought the gate/visibility to the busy train tracks/4 people being in the house was deterrent enough, but someone was brazen enough to come upstairs at my house while we were all home and take these two items.

U-Lock was unlocked. Probably cut through spokes. Taken on Michigan ave

Bike was stolen off my alley-facing porch overnight. Frame was locked to a cross-bar of a wooden railing, with the cable wrapped around the railing itself. The cross-bar was knocked off with a hammer and the cable was cut. The lock was taken still attached to the bike.

Brought groceries up to my apartment, forgot to lock bike in rear alley of the apartment

Was at work in downtown (canal st & Randolph)

Stolen from locked basement, along with at least one other bike belonging to my husband, possible neighbors' bike as well, other items.

In shared locked basement of a small condo association (trusted neighbors). A number of bikes were found missing. Not sure exactly when they disappeared, sometime between Mon 8/22 afternoon and Wed. 8/24 early morning

Bike was locked to a bike rack at the Clyborun Metra Station on 7/29 at 7:00am and was not found at return the following day 7/30 at 12pm.

The bike was parked at 1pm in a haigh-traffic area. Upon return at 5pm, the bike was gone. There was a part of the lock which was left, which spirals in and out that attaches to the frame of the bike. The bike was completely taken other than that. RECOVERY NOTES: On 8/26, former victim sent an email containing the following text. "[J]ust want to know that yesterday I got my bike back. I went to the Swap-O-Rama yesterday morning but didn't see it. I had been checking Craigslist continuously, and around noon yesterday, a little less than 48 hours since it had been stolen, it posted in Humboldt Park. I texted the guy posing as a buyer, called the police and they accompanied me to the pick-up in Lincoln Park. Thank you so much for your help!"

Left bike locked outside my apartment overnight. Was missing in the morning

Locked front wheel and frame to bike rack while gone 1 hour. Locked outside open cafe with full front glass storefront. Thief opened lock, leaving it alightly damaged, and took bike. Photo found online of same bike so does not include rack or fenders.

Bike was locked to the bike rack directly in front of Bucktown Athletic Club at 2040 W. North Ave. It was locked there from 11:30-1:30 when I went out and discovered it missing.

I had this in my apartment complexes courtyard bike rack. It was locked to a bike rack and my moped. The thief broke off the bars from the bike rack and broke the shock on my moped it was also locked around. They took it in the middle of the night and most likely gained access through a broken gate lock or from someone letting them in. They took everything they dislodged including moped bolts and the lock

I locked my bike last night to the bike rack at 6 pm and came back this morning to find it gone.

Found bike to be missing in front of work where I had been for 9 hours.

Bike was locked to back 3rd floor balcony of apartment. Bike was locked with chain threaded through front wheel and connected to U lock with U lock connecting frame and back wheel to balcony post. Balcony post was broken off and bike was removed. Incident happened between 5:50pm and 11:35pm Saturday night

I was working at the Chicago River Canoe and Kayak at Clark Park in Chicago. My bike was in the garage where we store all our boats. Someone was hanging around the area for a while and we became a little suspicious of him. We were helping customers into the water and next thing we knew was my bike was gone. I suspect this individual hanging around the area ran off with my bike however we did not actually see him do it. I asked people around the park if they saw someone ride off with a red bike and some individuals confirmed they did.

A Lane Tech soccer team practice was being held on Rockwell Turf at 3400 N Rockwell. The kids had their backpacks and bikes in a pile while they practiced/scrimmaged unlocked. Ours was ridden away on during the scrimmage. The picture below is not the exact bike but one from online shopping since we did not have our own photo.