Comparison
Theftsight vs Immobilise
The UK's free national pre-loss property register that feeds police vs continuous marketplace monitoring that finds and recovers your item after it's gone.
Immobilise Immobilise is the UK's largest national property register — free to the public and the only ownership-registration service supported by all UK police forces, the Greater London Authority and the mobile phone industry. Registered details flow into the police NMPR and are searched thousands of times a day. It's the de-facto national standard for recording what you own before anything goes wrong; Theftsight covers what happens after, on the marketplaces.
| Capability | Immobilise | Theftsight |
|---|---|---|
| Core model | Pre-loss ownership register; you enter items before theft | Continuous marketplace watch + confidence-scored match alerts |
| Marketplace scanning | None — it does not monitor eBay/Facebook/Gumtree | Automated serial, image, price & location matching across marketplaces |
| Police | Feeds the NMPR; searched by all UK forces thousands of times daily | Operator-reviewed candidates + a proof pack an officer can act on |
| Insurers | Ecosystem data; not a success-fee recovery service | Written-off claim recovery network (success-fee path) |
| Coverage | All UK forces; all property types | Bikes & serial-numbered gear; Australia-first, expanding globally |
Where Immobilise is strong
- The only registration service backed by every UK police force, plus the GLA and the phone industry.
- Free to the public and deeply embedded in police workflow via the NMPR.
- Covers all property types, not just one category.
Where Theftsight is built to win
- Active recovery — we watch the marketplaces where the item is actually resold.
- Confidence-scored matches with a proof pack, not just a record to look up.
- An insurer success-fee recovery path for written-off claims.
Can you use both?
Yes — register on Immobilise so UK police can identify a recovered item, and let Theftsight watch the marketplaces where it's resold and drive the recovery.
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Put your gear under watch
Register in two minutes. If it's stolen, marketplaces are scanned — and police and insurers on the network can see the case.