Bikes are stolen in large numbers in many parts of the world. In Copenhagen approximately 20,000 annually. In the United States an average of 230,000 annually, according to the FBI. In the United Kingdom , the Home Office reports an average 400,000. In the Czech Republic in 2012, there were almost 8000 bicycles reported stolen, 1260 of them in the Moravian-Silesian Region, 368 of them in the city of Ostrava. It is thought that most thefts are not reported because the rate of recovery is infinitesimal.V Ostravě je velký zájem o speciální nátěr kol. Pomůže odhalit zloděje, iDnes.cz, 18 November 2013
Bikes are stolen in large numbers in many parts of the world. In Copenhagen approximately 20,000 annually. In the United States an average of 230,000 annually, according to the FBI. In the United Kingdom according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales of the Office for National Statistics thefts peaked at 660,000 in 1995, and dropped to 290,000 in 2017, the latest year for which survey statistics were available in 2021; about one third of this number of thefts were reported to police. During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic thefts dropped according to police figures, but were expected to rise afterwards. Only about 5\% of stolen bikes are returned to their owners. About a quarter of people whose bicycle is stolen stop cycling, and 66\% cycle less often. The UK BikeRegister database, used by the police to recover and return stolen bicycles, reached its millionth registration in January2021. In the Czech Republic in 2012, there were almost 8000 bicycles reported stolen, 1260 of them in the Moravian-Silesian Region, 368 of them in the city of Ostrava. It is thought that most thefts are not reported because the rate of recovery is infinitesimal.V Ostravě je velký zájem o speciální nátěr kol. Pomůže odhalit zloděje, iDnes.cz, 18 November 2013
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according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales of the Office for National Statistics thefts peaked at 660,000 in 1995, and dropped to 290,000 in 2017, the latest year for which survey statistics were available in 2021; about one third of this number of thefts were reported to police. During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic thefts dropped according to police figures, but were expected to rise afterwards. Only about 5\% of stolen bikes are returned to their owners. About a quarter of people whose bicycle is stolen stop cycling, and 66\% cycle less often. The UK BikeRegister database, used by the police to recover and return stolen bicycles, reached its millionth registration in January2021.