Wood Dale Police Launch New Bicycle Registration Program

The Wood Dale Police Department has teamed up with, and is now an Official Registration Station for the National Bike Registry. The NBR is the only national database working with Law Enforcement since 1984 to return stolen bikes to their rightful owner.

 Why register?

• 1,500,000 bikes are stolen in the US each year.
• Half of all stolen bikes end up in police property rooms.
• Less than 5% get returned because there’s no way to identify the owner.

What do you get? For just $3.50 we log critical information about your bike in the NBR secure national database for 10 years and provide a tamper-resistant NBR label to identify your bike. That’s only 35¢ per year for your peace of mind!  

Does it Work? YES! Property marking prevents theft. And if a bike is stolen, NBR is your best chance to get it back. NBR has contacts with virtually every police department in the US. Hundreds use NBR as their bicycle registration system. NBR helps police return bicycles to owners virtually every day. 

How is this new bicycle registration system better than the old system?  The NBR is a database that is searchable nationwide by the more than 16,000 member law enforcement agencies.  So if your bicycle is stolen and found outside of Wood Dale, or outside of Illinois, the rightful owner can be tracked down.  This was nearly impossible under our old bicycle registration system. 

Where can I register?

Wood Dale Police Department
Communications Center
Open 24 hours

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Bring your bike to National Night Out!
On August 2nd we will be giving away 50 registrations free to citizens who bring their bicycles.

Questions?  Please call 630-766-2060.

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