Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Crime of opportunity. Garage was open for a couple minutes waiting for a contractor to arrive. Bike was hanging in garage. This guy (pictured) walked up, took it down, and biked away east to Western.

Thief cut the cable going around the pole and rode away with u-lock and cable still attached to the frame

Bike was there day, the next it was gone

Bike was 5 feet away behind me. I was sitting eating outside while a teen took the bike and road away while I chased.

It looks like some type of hydraulic tool was used to pry the lock until it cracked, and then ripped open. I found the lock thrown around the corner.

went to Cloak & dagger to see a band - locked up less then a block away - bike was gone after 2nd set of music.

Taken from locked enclosed garage in my condo building. Garage shared with 8 residents. Garage and building locked and secured... yet other bikes now stolen that aren't locked. taken between 9:3 PM on 8/23 and 7:30 AM on 8/24.

I had locked my bike with a cable lock to our back gate since my kryptonite bike lock was too short to attach it to the actual gate itself. It was there the evening of 8/22/22, as of 11:34 pm, and when I opened the back blinds the next morning, 8/23/22, it was gone in the morning as of 6:35 am. The cable lock had been cut and left behind along with some random items like a pen, a couple coins, a roll of packing tape and a trash picker.

Locked bike on a bike rack outside the Logan Theatre on Milwaukee Ave, not directly in front of the theatre but two racks down toward Kedzie. There was another bike on the rack at the time. Bike and lock were missing after 2 hours inside the theatre. Another bike was in it's place, the bike that was previously there was also gone.

Bike was parked on Wells St. at intersection with Goethe in Old Town, on east side of Wells on single bike rack. I locked it up per usual and went across the street. Came out of dentist appt and it was gone.

The Bike was missing from my apartment storage room. No lock or anything left over.

The bike is located by our porch stairs. It was pressed against our building, hidden behind wood pallets. When I came back home it wasn’t there. At first I believed my boyfriend put it in the basement but when I asked him the next day he said he didn’t.

Bike was parked and locked outside of Lenscrafters and yoga studio at 5:45 AM and when returning to unlock at 7:10 AM it was gone. U-Lock was attached to bike rack and left around the bike and cable lock that was used for back wheel. U-Lock was cut with bolt cutters as there is a clear cut through the lock.

I was out of town for the last week, and the bike was missing this morning. It was ripped off of a wooden fence in my apartment complex’s backyard. The frame was u locked and all they left behind was a broken fence post and my helmet.

Went out of town for a few days, came back on Friday (8/19/22), but realized my bike was missing this morning (8/20/22). My wife's bike was with my bike, but untouched. I had planned on bringing bikes into back of apartment before leaving town, but it was a rush and slipped my mind. Asked a neighbor in the building if he saw anything suspicious, and said on Thursday afternoon (8/18) he found the back gate wide open, meaning someone had climbed it and opened from the inside. His garage was also unlocked, but unsure if anything stolen from there. The bike brand (Merida) stands out as it's not sold here in the US. Have one photo available, looking for some additional ones.

Not sure on exact time, but somewhere between 5:30 pm on Aug 18 and noon on Aug 19

Bike was on hanging bike rank alongside many others in back corner of a parking garage. Lock was cut and left at the scene.