Police search after electric bike theft

Thames Valley Police is looking for two men after an electric bike was stolen in central Oxford on the evening of Tuesday, April 14. (oxfordmail.co.uk) Oxford Mail reported the bike was taken just before 8pm from outside Popeyes on Queen Street. Officers said the investigation is ongoing and asked for witnesses to come forward. (oxfordmail.co.uk) Police are also asking people to check for CCTV, dashcam or phone footage that may show the theft or the two men they want to identify. Thames Valley Police’s public appeals page says the force uses witness images and video as part of active investigations across Oxfordshire. (oxfordmail.co.uk) (thamesvalley.police.uk) Bike theft is a recurring issue in Oxford, where Thames Valley Police has separately published prevention advice urging riders to double-lock bikes and register frame numbers. The force says those steps can make a cycle harder to steal and easier to trace if recovered. (thamesvalley.police.uk) The case fits a wider pattern of e-bike theft reports in the city over the past two years. Oxford Mail has previously reported a locked e-bike stolen from Iffley Road in April 2024 and another e-bike taken from a secure bike cage in Headington in July 2025. (oxfordmail.co.uk 1) (oxfordmail.co.uk 2) Oxford police teams are also dealing with separate complaints about e-bikes in the city centre, especially on Cornmarket Street and Queen Street, according to Thames Valley Police’s local priorities page updated on April 9, 2026. That page concerns riding behaviour rather than theft, but it shows how often e-bikes now feature in local policing work. (thamesvalley.police.uk) Anyone with information about the Queen Street theft can contact Thames Valley Police, which directs victims and witnesses to its online crime-reporting channels as the search continues. (oxfordmail.co.uk) (thamesvalley.police.uk)