This is a list of national and international bicycle registers intended to counter bike theft. Registers can either be operated by public bodies or private companies. Some registers are peer-to-peer based. Some local police departments also offer to register bicycles. Bike registers can be used to check if a bike is reported as stolen and prove ownership after a stolen bike has been recovered.

Africa South Africa National Bicycle Registry of South Africa, a non-profit register with free registration.

Asia China License plates are mandatory in China for electric bicycles and pedelecs. Japan In Japan it is mandatory to register every bicycle with the police as an anti-theft measure.Bicycle Registration | AJET North Korea Bicycle license plate is mandatory in North Korea.

Europe Belgium mybike, launched in 2019 in the Brussels-Capital Region and since 2024 active in the rest of the country. Gevonden fietsen, free bicycle register, found bike website for local authorities and police forces Bulgaria VELOregister.BG, a commercial register.

Denmark Danish bicycle VIN-system, the unique VIN number of a bicycle can be looked up in the "Politi" smartphone application to see if a bicycle is reported as stolen. Germany Bike-ID bicycle registry, Bike-ID UG, a commercial register. EIN - a different approach, which does not need registration, but does create a code for the owner, which can be decoded by the police.

Hungary BikeSafe.hu - paid service recommended and used by national police. Bike registration provides an ownership certificate for verified purchases - similar to car documents.

Lithuania dviraciuregistras.lt - paid service.

Netherlands BIKEBAZE, a free Dutch bicycle register with a focus on community-based theft prevention and bike recovery.

Norway Bikemember, a commercial FG-approved register. Falck og Securmark Sykkelregister, a commercial FG-approved register. Sykkelreg.no, a free peer-to-peer based register.

Republic of Ireland BikeRegister.ie Property Marking Ireland

Romania RegistruldeBiciclete.ro, free bicycle register.

Spain Biciregistro.es, free national bicycle register that includes a tracking kit by an extra price.

Sweden cykeldatabasen.se

Finland bike-registry.com

United Kingdom Bike Register - The National Cycle Database, operated by Selectamark Security Systems. Acquired by Selectamark Security Systems, plc in 2001 and merged with their Bicycle Security Register (BSR) to become the largest bicycle registry in the UK. , Bike Register is recognised as the National Cycle Database and is available for use by all police in the UK. Bike Shepherd (formerly Bike Revolution), based in London, United Kingdom (and California, U.S.). As of June 2018 currently inactive. Stolen Bikes in the UK, UK Peer-based bike register. As of December 2023, does not accept new reports. Immobilise, a free UK National Property Register for bicycles and more.

North America USA and Canada Bike Index (Chicago, Illinois) is a free, nonprofit, peer-to-peer service with the international target audience. Bike Index was founded in 2013 and merged with Stolen Bike Registry in 2014.StolenBicycleRegistry just merged with BikeIndex.org! Bike Index has an openly available list of stolen bikes. Unlike most other registers, Bike Index has an accessible API where data is wide open to anybody who wants to use it to find and return stolen bikes.

Project 529, formerly 529 Garage, is a free bicycle registration service started in 2013 in the USA. It is now coming into use across Canada as well. In Victoria, BC, for example, it has completely replaced the Victoria Police Department's bike registry . National Bike Registry (NBR, originally based in California) is a free bicycle register. In 2017 NBR was purchased and merged with 529 Garage (based in Seattle, Washington).

Once a bike is stolen the police can list it in National Crime Information Center.

South America Brazil Bike Registrada

Oceania Australia National Bike Register, operated by DataDot Technology Ltd. Australian Bike Vault, operated by non-profit organisation Stolen Bicycles Australia Ltd.

New Zealand New Zealand Bicycle Registry, a free registration service with the openly available list of currently stolen bicycles.

See also Danish bicycle VIN-system, a bicycle marking system where a unique code is engraved into the bicycle frame.

References

External links BikeRegister (UK)