Data, Statistics and sources on bicycle theft.
This page lists background information and data sources for a.bike's awareness and advocacy work.

Presentation at POLIS25 'Bike theft, the neglected barrier to sustainable mobility'.
For the presentation held at the POLIS 25 conference in Utrecht on 26 November 2026, we have assembled a large set of sources on bike theft statistics. It is currently available as a google sheet here. Over the next weeks we will provide the information in a structured way, so that the reader can find on a certain aspect more easily. Currently a search in the google sheet should already help to identify relevant sources. In addition, we have created a substantial list of links on articles and research papers on bike theft, click here.
The bike theft presentation we held is available for online viewing below.