This pisses me off no end because the police KNOW exactly who is in prison and who is out and doing another round of stealing before they get caught again. But they stand in my and your smashed up sheds, looking at the bike shaped holes amngst all the usual shed stuff and they say reassuring but frankly useless things then send you a letter saying “Unfortunately, in this instance…..”.
The job of the police, when it comes to scum stealing your stuff, seems to me to be one of pacifying the public and being tough on the reporting of crime.
Riksbar, I hope you get your bikes back. Print pictures and descriptions and take them to all your local bike shops and the front desks of all the local police stations. Then put up posters everywhere and set up searches on eBay and Gumtree so they email you every day with the details of new sales of whole bikes, frames, forks, wheels, brakes, cranks, etc.