Melbourne · VIC
Stolen bike recovery in Melbourne
Active marketplace watch for stolen bikes and gear across Melbourne and Victoria — with a path to police and insurers.
In Melbourne, stolen bikes rarely leave the metro. They get listed — often within days — on local marketplaces with incomplete titles and cash-only handoff. Theftsight watches those listings against your registered gear so you are not the one refreshing ads at midnight.
What we watch in Melbourne
- Gumtree Melbourne — titles, photos, price and suburb
- Facebook Marketplace Melbourne — titles, photos, price and suburb
- eBay with VIC pickup — titles, photos, price and suburb
Local patterns
- Inner-north suburbs (Brunswick, Coburg, Fitzroy, Northcote, Preston) see heavy second-hand bike turnover on Gumtree and Facebook Marketplace.
- University corridors and train-station thefts often resurface within a few kilometres of the original suburb.
- E-bikes and full-suspension MTBs are common high-value targets in Melbourne’s trail and commute mix.
What to do in Victoria
- File a police report in VIC and keep the event number.
- Register make, model, frame serial and photos on Theftsight (or mark stolen).
- Share the record with your insurer; they can work the same candidate queue.
- If a listing matches, export the proof pack — do not confront sellers alone.
National checklist: How to report a stolen bike. Serial help: Frame serial numbers.
Not just bikes — in Melbourne we also watch for stolen cars, tools, electronics, jewellery, instruments and more. See everything we recover.
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Put your gear under watch in Melbourne
Register it in two minutes — private by default. If it's stolen, Melbourne marketplace listings are scanned against it, and police and insurers on the network can see the case.