The concern may be well founded, found bikes are taking up space in the police garage, and many thefts are unreported, so the numbers could be higher. Wolf-Buck says people should report bike theft specifically, “we don't want people to ever think, ‘oh the police are too busy they don't care.’ You can make online reports of stolen property.” She says the only benefit is that Redmond does appear to have a much higher reporting rate from citizens about property theft.