Perth · WA
Stolen bike recovery in Perth
Active marketplace watch for stolen bikes and gear across Perth and Western Australia — with a path to police and insurers.
In Perth, 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 Perth
- Gumtree Perth — titles, photos, price and suburb
- Facebook Marketplace Perth — titles, photos, price and suburb
- eBay with WA pickup — titles, photos, price and suburb
Local patterns
- Isolation cuts both ways — stolen bikes rarely leave WA, so a matched listing is usually still in-state and reachable.
- Freo, Vic Park and the northern beach suburbs see steady flips of commuter and gravel bikes over summer.
- Long, flat commutes make e-bikes and road bikes the frequent high-value targets insurers care about.
What to do in Western Australia
- File a police report in WA 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 Perth 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 Perth
Register it in two minutes — private by default. If it's stolen, Perth marketplace listings are scanned against it, and police and insurers on the network can see the case.