Gainesville Bike theft

Gainesville · Bike theft · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Gainesville police open data recorded 164 bike theft incidents, 2.1% of all 7,688 incidents reported in the city that year and down 18.8% from 2024. That is about 110 per 100,000 residents, compared with 35.7 per 100,000 across the 12 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 137 bike theft incidents have been published.

Bike theft in Gainesville by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)137——
2025164110down 18.8%
2024202136up 2.0%
2023198133down 32.7%
2022294198up 27.3%
2021231155down 25.0%
2020308207down 3.8%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 4,880 bike theft incidents.

Questions

How many bike theft incidents were reported in Gainesville in 2025?

164, according to Gainesville Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is bike theft going up or down in Gainesville?

Reported bike theft was down 18.8% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 44.2% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Gainesville Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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