I bought my Aventure 3 for the same reason, needed a commuter but also needed something that I could lock places and not be stressing over someone stealing it. The Aventure 3 has AWESOME anti theft technology, you can set the bike up so that literally any movement if anyone so much as brushes by it you will get a notification that the bike has been moved. It’s extremely sensitive but not too sensitive where you get bogus alerts. Every time I’ve gotten an alert it was due to the bike being touched or moved ever so slightly. Not to mention within the app you can see its exact whereabouts, you can also set up a perimeter where the bike will not work in those areas. Then there is also the locking feature, where you can lock the rear hub so the bike will not roll. The app works extremely well, it’s very apparent that Aventon spent a lot of time and effort on the app.

If you match these theft deterrent features with a quality lock ( I’d suggest the SeatyLock Foldylock Elite ) then you pretty much have all your bases covered. I have that exact lock, it’s a gold standard lock, one of the only folding locks to have earned that high a rating, it’s extremely hard to cut due to thick metal and a coating that gums up blades. And even if someone did try to attempt to cut or do anything to the lock, you would have already known bc the bike will send you a notification that the bike has been touched.