Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Kept inside garage for over 2.5 years unlocked. Skokie is not very rampant with theft, and while it was careless to keep unlocked in an unlocked garage, there is hardly ever a reason to believe that the bike would have been stolen. It is a very safe neighborhood with very few reports of theft. There were many other things that could have been stolen out of the garage, yet this was the only thing taken. The car that was in the garage was searched through, but nothing was taken from it. The glove compartment was opened, but nothing taken from it.

The thief broke into my dads car took the clicker for the garage and opened it with that only taking one of my 3 bikes

The bike was locked through the front fork. Unfortunately, the thieve(s) were able to remove the Pinhead locking skewer and remove the bike from the bike rack, leaving behind the u-lock.

Bike was locked on the back porch of an apartment building - on the 2nd floor, not highly visible to the alley. The neighbors on the 3rd floor had a party last night, so people were passing through the back porch frequently. The bike was last seen around 7 PM last night 04.29.17. The neighbors confirmed seeing the bike at that time. The bike was missing this morning 04.30.17 - the wood post that the bike was locked to was broken and the bike was removed during the terrible weather conditions. The U lock should still be attached to the bike frame. The neighbors are unaware of any suspicious activity, but said one guest did compliment the bike as they walked up the back porch stairs. The neighbors said they would reach out to their party guests. It has been brought to my attention that their is a group of teenagers that frequent the neighborhood, flipping bikes.

Bike was last seen at ~10:00PM on Friday. When I left on Saturday, it was gone.

I was moving to a new building at 625 W Wrightwood Ave. I had brought my bike over from my old residence and gone upstairs in my new residence to get my bike lock. I leaned the bike next to two others that were locked up down in the semi-open garage area against the back wall. I stayed inside for approx 15 min distracted by other things. When I came back downstairs with the lock to lock up the bike it was gone.

Bike was brought up to my apartment complex the night before. Left it in the hallway of the stairs like I always do. You need a key to get into the apartment complex. The only people who can enter are my roommates, my upstairs neighbors (who I've been friends with for a long time), and my landlady who lives downstairs. I don't lock my bike when I put it there for the above reasons. Woke up the next morning to find my bike was gone. But my roommates' bikes were all still there.

Bike was stolen from my garage. Looks like someone broke in and that's what they took.

My bike was locked to the railing on my porch (newer U-lock with flat key). One of the railings was removed and the bike was stolen.

The bike was locked across the street from my work in a high traffic area, so they must have defeated the lock quickly and quietly and taken it with.Though there was a long time it was locked up I had walked by and checked on the bike just an hour before I returned to find it stolen, so I think it happened between 11:30pm and 12:30 am

Bike was locked to metal fence in front of apartment.

Someone took my bike from my back porch.

Bike stolen from locked garage for small condo building. Bike taken sometime between 6:00 on April 15th and the morning of April 17th.

I locked my bike up on APril 9, went to get it on April 18 and it was gone. Somewhere in this timeframe a person accessed our locked bike room and stole my bike -- which was locked with a u-lock to a wall mount rack.

Lock was secured to wheel and frame, but there may have been some sort of easy release on the wheels which allowed thief to take without unlocking.

Bike locked outside my apartment on Belden and Cleveland. U lock used on the tire and frame and wire lock around frame and pole. :(

Bike was locked in the basement of our apartment complex. You need to get through 2 doors to get into the basement. You need a key to get through both doors. The bike was locked to a bike rack in the basement. The bike rack was screwed to the concrete floor and the concrete wall. The thief dismantled the end of the bike rack. Ripped the rack out of the wall and the floor and then pulled the rack apart. The bike was locked with a u-lock and a cable lock.