In this paper, we estimate the number and value of adult bicycles stolen annually in the United States, and we examine the associated equity impacts. We used data from a representative survey of US adult residents and bicycle import data from the National Bicycle Dealers Association for our analysis. Our results indicate that about 2.4 million adult bicycles are stolen annually in the US, a rate of 709.6 per 100,000 people per year. The annual value of adult bicycle theft is about $1.4 billion. People with lower incomes and identifying as Black (or African American) or Asian (or Asian American) experienced greater bicycle theft rates than others.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Bicycle Theft in the US: Magnitude and Equity Impacts


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2025




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown




    Anti-Theft Bicycle

    LEE HA JUN | European Patent Office | 2022

    Free access

    THEFT PREVENTIVE BICYCLE

    OBAYASHI MITSURU | European Patent Office | 2019

    Free access

    Victorian bicycle theft

    Wilson, T. / Bicycle Federation of Australia | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1992


    Anti-theft bicycle

    ZHOU YONGGUO / YANG MING / WU HAILONG et al. | European Patent Office | 2015

    Free access

    Electric bicycle theft detection system and electric bicycle theft detection method

    NO EUN JUNG / CHO BUMRAE | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access