Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Man broke into garage and took bike

I went to check my bike and it was gone. My apartment refuses to find any footage of my stolen bike. I looked everywhere and so did my apartment. My apartment told me to contact my renters insurance and my renters insurance told me to file a police report.

Came outside to see bike and locks were gone without a trace.

The bike was located in the lobby of my walk up apartment. I didn't have it locked b/c I have 4 other neighbors who I've met and trusted.

Bike (along with three other bikes) were stolen from a locked shared basement. Basement was locked with padlock. Bikes were not locked because there was nothing to secure them to. Taken overnight. This bike was very important to me.

Locked up my bike when I got to work (I’m a resident at northwestern memorial hospital), at the end of my day I walked out and there was no bike at the rack.

Bike was stolen from garage.

Bike stolen from garage at night.

Bike stolen from locked storage room in basement. Bike was not locked, but in a locked room. The lock was ripped off the door.

Bike was missing from 3rd floor porch with broken balcony.

Stolen from inside of garage. Smart garage door opener shows single period of 20 minutes with garage door open.

They cut the lock at around 10 AM

Bike and cargo trailer were left next to garage in alley for about 10-15 minutes while I was inside loading up for my next trip - moving by bike and had just made one trip to new place. Came outside with next load at about 3:15, bike was gone, trailer was left behind.

The locked door of the designated bike parking garage in the apartment building was pryed open, the bike was locked to a cable bolted to the cement wall that was cut, and the bike and U-lock were gone. Bike was last used Dec 9th, so it was taken some time in a 10-day window.

The bike was located on the second floor balcony. There is no staircase that leads up to the balcony and the only way to the balcony is through the apartment. We were away from the apartment and our neighbor who witnessed the incident mentioned that the thieves climbed up the fence to get to the balcony, threw the bike down and rode away on it.

taken from inside of locked apartment building sometime between 12/18/22 and 12/28/22. --On 5/18/23 victim wrote us to say the bike was recovered: "I have since then recovered my bike. On April 29 I found my bike locked up on the corner of Church and Benson in Evanston around 1pm. I had Evanston police come and cut the lock on my bike."

I entered bike storage room at 7:25pm to check on bicycle and noticed lights were off in the room and that my bike along with several others were missing. My bike’s heavy duty U-Lock and metal cable were missing along with the entire bike. Other bikes in the storage room were either entirely missing or had tires stolen. My bike had been locked up for roughly 2 weeks before I checked on it yesterday. There are security cameras in the bike room but the property managers are not helping at this point. Additional info: The bike room is locked using an electronic key-fob system. To enter the room, one needs an electronic key- fob provided by the property manager to unlock the door. There was no sign of forced entry. When I entered, the bike room was automatically locked, as is typical. Possibilities of entry include: owner of a key fob entered, someone stole a key fob, they figured out a way to electronically hack into the room without a key fob, or other.