As any Coloradan who owns a bike should be aware of, bike theft in the Centennial State is no joke. Property theft rates in Colorado tend to be on the higher side compared to other places around the country and with many local outdoor recreation enthusiasts opting to invest in high-performance gear, bicycles can be a top target of thieves.
A company called JOIN calculated the average value of a stolen bike in Colorado at $1,936.92 – the highest among all US states. The same company also reported that 7,433 bikes were stolen statewide in 2023 (behind only California and Texas), with the total value of those bikes being $14,397,131 (behind only California – the average bike value in Texas was calculated at $896).
While that report relies on FBI data from 2023, bike theft are tracked in near-real time in several Colorado cities, too, providing a better look at what’s happened thus far this year…