"The theft figures are taken from the crime statistics published by the Federal Statistical Office. It publishes the absolute figures and the frequency of bicycle thefts per canton each year," says Nolwenn Abolivier, PR manager at the comparison portal Hellosafe.

And these figures are pointing upwards: Between 2019 and 2022, the number of stolen e-bikes sin Switzerland tripled, to 14,153 offenses, or 1.6 thefts per 1,000 inhabitants). Basel-Stadt (11.7), Aargau (4.8), Bern (4.2) and Basel-Landschaft (4.2) are the cantons with the highest incidences of bike theft.

In focus: e-bikes 

Bike and e-bike thefts have developed differently since 2019, according to Hellosafe. Fewer and fewer non-motorized bikes have fallen into the hands of thieves in the last three years. In 2022, the statistics show 3.1 stolen bikes per 1,000 inhabitants (27,696 thefts), which is 20 percent less than in 2019 (3.9 thefts per 1,000 inhabitants, corresponding to 33,555 offenses). In contrast, the thefts of e-bikes have exploded since 2019: three times as many e-bikes were stolen in 2022 (1.6 thefts per 1,000 inhabitants, corresponding to 14,153 offenses) than in 2019 (0.5 thefts per 1,000 inhabitants, corresponding to 4,439 stolen e-bikes).