Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

On August 28th, 2025 at 8:30am, I parked and chained my bike next to the railing of the stairs before I left for work. I looped the chain through my front wheel and frame. When I got off work same day and arrived at the station at 6pm - the bike along with the chain was stolen and gone. I asked the cta staff member if she could help me locate the bike, but she had no answers for me.

New Canyon Ultimate CF 7 in teal was stolen out of detached garage. I live in a 3 unit condo with a shared detached garage. The bike was last seen in the garage around 7:05pm on 8/26 mounted to a wall and secured with a lock. At some point over the next 25 hours, the bike was cut out from the lock and stolen. It is not clear how the thief entered the garage as all doors were locked.

My bike club was leaving Carbon restaurant on 26th st and a fellow member offered me a ride home. She parked on the corner of 26th and Shields Ave. We put our bikes on the back of her rack, mine on the outside, and got in her car and shortly left. The type of bike rack she has only holds the bike with tension but does not attach the bike to the rack in any way and at some point between us getting in the car and driving to the State St highway entrance the bike was stolen off of the rack.

My son locked his bike to the bike rack at school (Pilgrim Luthern School) on the corner of W Cullom and N. Winchester Ave in North Center. The school's camera shows a man come across the street, pull lock cutters out of his bag, cut the lock, and jump on the bike and ride away. The man was wearing a white hoodie, black pants, and black baseball hat. He looks like 5'9-5'11' and 25-40 years old (you can see his face very well in the video).

Sometime between 9pm on 8/25 and 4pm on 8/26, bike was stolen from our third-floor deck (since it's the top floor and behind a locked gate, we hadn't locked the bike, assuming it'd be safe up there. Lesson learned).

I biked over to my gym, Lincoln Square Athletic Club and arrived around 1:05. I locked my bike up directly to the left of the club on a bike rack in the alley under the Western Brown Line. Right in front of Lincoln Ave. I exited the gym by 1:35 to see that my bike was gone from the rack. I had a lock tied to it. There was also a black bike on the rack that was gone as well when I exited the gym. There was a homeless man smoking a cigarette but claimed he saw nothing happen and that he had just arrived.

Bike was stolen by one person with helmet and backpack at 10.56am on August 25. he was caught on camera in front of the building (Merchandise Mart, North Orleans Street). The lock on the frame and the wheel were cut and left at the scene.

Individual entered garage and stole bike. Garage is within fenced area, possible individual jumped fence.

My bike was stolen 8/24/25 at 2:30pm at the Jewel Osco on 3531 n. Broadway in Chicago. My bike lock was cut while I was inside. The bike is a specialized Diverge E5.

Bike taken from garage, not sure if door inadvertently left open or other means used.

Theft had to of occurred between as early as 8am on 8/22 to 5am on 8/23

I arrived my work office at 321 N Clark St at 9AM and locked my 2019 Marin San Quentin 1 green mountain bike and bike helmet with a bike lock to the inverted U-shaped bike rack that is bolted into the sidewalk. When I left my office at 12PM the bike and helmet were gone, and all that was left was my cut bike lock on the ground. I believe the lock was cut with a pair of bolt cutters.

Bike was locked to a pole on E Hubbard street under the wabash bridge between 7:45 and 8:30 pm with a heavy duty chain. Witness reports a man walking with a large bike and a scooter toward the mandala boat launch area.

At 9:30pm, I arrived to the building via my bike at Fullerton and Hamlin in Logan Square. I entered the back door via the alley, deadbolted the door, parked my bike up against the hallway wall, came upstairs, and went to sleep. By 8:15am the next morning, the door was wide open and my bike, extra lock, bike tools were gone. Unclear how the thief achieved entry to the building.

stolen off bike rack

The bike was stolen out of our garage. The bike was not locked but was placed in a locked garage.

On 8/20 at approximately 5:45 am, I discovered that my electric bicycles were missing. I have lived at my current address for about five months, and during this time, my bicycles have been chained together under the stairwell in our shared alley. The alley requires either a physical key or access through the ButterflyMX app. I normally check on the bikes daily, and they were present before this morning. Other residents’ bikes remain in the same area. The missing bikes are both electric and have a distinctive Kryptonite red fabric and chain lock that is supposed to be unbreakable. The pink women's bike was a gift from my father and has sentimental value. An AirTag/location tracking had been placed in the silver Wing bike, but appears to no longer be working.

On 8/20 at approximately 5:45 am, I discovered that my electric bicycles were missing. I have lived at my current address for about five months, and during this time, my bicycles have been chained together under the stairwell in our shared alley. The alley requires either a physical key or access through the ButterflyMX app. I normally check on the bikes daily, and they were present before this morning. Other residents’ bikes remain in the same area. The missing bikes are both electric and have a distinctive Kryptonite red fabric and chain lock that is supposed to be unbreakable. An AirTag/location tracking had been placed in the silver Wing bike, but appears to no longer be working.

Bike was behind a locked door To a building hallway entryway Stolen overnight Aug 17/morning Aug 18 Method of entry unknown. There’s only 2 possible residents who were there.