About Trace

Trace is the largest database of property reported stolen to America's law enforcement agencies. It holds millions of serial numbers of stolen goods from thousands of police and associated agencies that can be searched FREE by citizens and the police to allow them to avoid buying stolen goods or to identify goods that are recovered.

Operated by Recipero

The service is operated by Recipero who are one of the world's largest data collection companies and provides due-diligence checking services across the globe to citizens, the second-hand trade, pawnbrokers, retailers, insurers, mobile phone networks, law enforcement and government departments.

Checking on Trace

Checking on Trace is FREE of charge for citizens and police. You can check by serial number for any item of property and we will tell you if it's been recorded as stolen on our huge databases of information - all FREE of charge. To run a search you do need to register first but this only takes a minute. Sign-up now.

Report Stolen Goods To Trace

We strongly advise you to report all stolen goods or criminal activity to your local law enforcement agency, however you can support this report by adding the information to Trace. This means that all users of trace can avoid buying you stolen goods and if recovered by the Police they can contact you.

To report stolen goods, simply create an account on Trace's sister site Immobilize.net. There, you can add property to your own personal inventory and report any that is stolen. This information is instantly reflected to the police, trade and the buying public via Trace.