Maybe. I had some other things happen to me and my sister. She had her bike stolen and our mom got on our tails about leaving them out. But, even when we put them in the backyard, people still kept taking them. The backyard we had, well the excuse of the one we had, the fences had to come down, because they were on somebody else's property.
So, that's what gave people the opportunity to go into what would have been other people's backyards. My stepdad ended up stealing back my bike from somebody's backyard.
Oh, and those woods where I found my bike, I think I stumbled upon the remains of what used to be a cabin. Those same woods also lead to the nearby graveyards that were next door to the townhomes apartments I lived in.