Bike thefts from Toronto apartments, condos triple over last 6 years

Toronto bike thieves are getting bolder, according to new data from Toronto Police.

The latest numbers suggest more bicycles are being targeted from the city’s apartment and condo buildings than ever before.

Of the nearly 4,000 bikes stolen in the city in 2020, a third were taken from inside apartment or condo buildings.

• Apartments/condos – 1,335
• Outdoors – 970
• Houses – 674
• Schools – 89
• Transit – 46
• Other – 496
• Total – 3,950

That makes triple the number of apartment bike thefts that occurred in 2014.

Bike thefts from apartments in Toronto – 2014 to 2020

Thefts from apartments and condos have outpaced outdoor thefts in the last two years. In 2014 there were less than a third of apartments thefts compared to outdoor thefts.

• 2014 – 404 apartments – 1,229 outdoors
• 2015 – 567 apartments – 1,032 outdoors
• 2016 – 722 apartments – 1,229 outdoors
• 2017 – 825 apartments – 1,256 outdoors
• 2018 – 967 apartments – 1,283 outdoors
• 2019 – 1,065 apartments – 1,121 outdoors
• 2020 – 1,335 apartments – 970 outdoors

The new data from Toronto Police also suggests bike robberies of all kinds have been on the rise, with the number of reported thefts up 25 per cent from 2014.