Jump to content

Recommended Posts

hiya!


i live in dulwich village and have been suffering with some scr0at breaking into my car. it's around 10 years old and no doubt easy to break into, but after around 4 times i am sick of it. they don't take anything but cash, which i used to leave in the ash tray. now even a pound coin in the glove box will go.


any ideas about what i can do?!


the police came round after the first time, but i haven't called them since. no doubt they live locally, but i wondered if anyone else has suffered.


help me!

Link to comment
https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1123-vehicle-crime-in-dulwich-village/
Share on other sites

Sounds like some local kid has has sussed how to open your car and keeps doing it. Either sit and wait for him/her and scare the bugger away or find out who they are and report it to their parents or the cops.


You could try having a different lock mechanism put on your car. Some older locks will open with something just vaguely key-shaped shoved into them.


Sorry I'm asuming here that they are not smashing the window to get in.

Leave the car clean inside, and leave the glovebox open. A sign on the dash saying "There is nothing left in this car overnight" may also do the trick. If they can see it is all empty then they may get bored.


Otherwise wire it to the mains and hopefully kill the little $hits...

as previously mentioned by others dont leave anything in the car,as it removes all temptation for a tealeaf to have a go.unfortunately older cars tend to be the vehicle of choice with vauxhall and fords top of the list,you might want to consider a new locking and immobiliser system and probably fitting an alarm,but on a 10 year old car is it really worth it,unless that is its a 10yr old merc,beamer etc,and as mark points out report it to the fuzz as the way they work is they wont increase patrols for a one off event but if there is a reoccurance of crime in an area on a fairly regular basis then they will,but only if they are aware of it. and finally what do your neighbours think of you having a 10 yr old car in the village,hope it doesnt lower the tone of the area.

What LostThePlot and others said; remove as much as you can of any temptation to break in - glove box open, sign saying nothing in there, stereo out, the lot.


As for not telling the police I'm not sure about that. Are they breaking in the car ie breaking a window or is it more of a coathanger job?

leave nothing of worth on display. Our car is such a mess that on the occasions that we have inadvertendly left it unlocked, it has been untouched!! A dirty nappy left on the passenger seat usually gives an indication of what is inside. Actually, there was a 'street artist' from camberwell who videoded himself scratching cars with keys as part of his art project..... we lived in bellenden at the time and there was a whole line of cars with a continuation of 'key' marks which extended down the street.... never got this with that divinci chap...

wow, lots of responses, thanks!


the little bugger never breaks a window so i guess as someone says, it's easy to get in. i will probably get an alarm cheap from ebay (almost bought a fake but they look as hard to fit LOL).


i have thought about waiting up for the d*ckhead as well but it'd probably turn out a be a huge bloke that'd eat me! plus he doesn't visit that often.


ta for the advice on the police, i will call them...


thanks again, the messages all help!

paulb

ps in terms of lowering the tone in the village, yes it does. but not as much as we do!

I think it's quite good round here. I left my car unlocked a couple of times and when I remembered the next day, ran in a panic to see if my stereo/alloys/car were still there and was amazed nothing had been touched.


If I'd done that on my old estate, there wouldn't have been a chance in hell that my car would have been left undisturbed.

From experience, I'd say that once your car is identified as being 'breakable in to' it will keep happening. My poor Citroen AX (obviously empty and worth zilch) survived 4 years in Bow without a scratch. Within a month of moving to the top end of LL, I had the door levered open twice. Once was for the tax disc, the second time seemed to be just for sh*ts and giggles. The third time, the sods put a brick through the window and tried and failed to hot-wire it. I was standing looking at it in despair when a cop showed up... only to ask me if I could provide full ID to prove it was mine. I was tempted to ask why anybody other than the owner would be standing in the rain in a suit, trying to get a 17 year old car with the driver's seat full of glass to work. Sigh. Ended up scrapping it. An alarm might work, but if the car's become a learning device for the little scrotes, you need to find somewhere dramatically different to park it.

The DV end of LL seems to be notorious for petty car crime. I used to keep parking change in the car but after 3 break-ins (2 different cars) I've given up. Police never turned up, only issued a crime No. for Insurance. Recently there was a spate of attacks where somebody went round smashing car windows throughout The Village, mostly 4X4's and even a bus. Not sure if he/she/them were ever caught. I disagree with fitting an alarm since most people ignore alarms and they certainly didn't deter the crims in my case. Unfortunately all you can do is empty the car of anything nickable. These crimes are perpetrated by a small minority and they'll soon get the message.


PS spadetownboy I'm also proud to be lowering the tone 'round 'ere, y'naw mean!

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • I never said I thought it was targeted or deliberate. There also has never been a “stand off” or confrontation, we’ve spoken to them in a friendly manner about it. Our experience is they don’t seem to care. That’s the frustrating thing for us, if someone politely raises a concern at least take a second to reflect. Treat others how you would want to be treated.  I don’t want them to lose their job, far from it. But considering it could cost me a days work to fix any damage, I’m within my right to try prevent it.   
    • The SE22 Evri delivery family are lovely, and always say hello wherever we spot them in the area. We gave them a box of chocolates during Covid as they were working their socks off at Christmas
    • What was he doing on the stage at Glastonbury? Or on the stage at the other concert in Finsbury Park? Grinning like a Cheshire cat whilst pissed and stoned 20 somethings on the promise of free internet sung-- Oh Jeremy Corbyn---  What were his policies for Northern mining towns with no jobs or infrastructure? Free Internet and university places for youngsters. What were his other manifesto pledges? Why all the ambiguity over Brexit?  I didn't like Thatcher, Blair or May or Tony but I respected them as politicians because they stood by what they believed in. I respect all politicians across the board that stick to their principles. Corbyn didn't and its why he got  annihilated at the polls. A socialist, anti imperialist and anti capitalist that said he voted for an imperialist and pro capitalist cabal. He refused to say how he'd vote over and over again until the last knockings. He did so to appease the Islington elite and middle class students he was courting. The same people that were screaming that Brexit was racist. At the same time the EU were holding black and Asian immigrants in refugee camps overseas but not a word on that! Corbyn created and courted a student union protest movement that screamed at and shouted down anyone not on the left . They claimed Starmer and the centre right of labour were tories. He didn't get elected  because he, his movement and policies were unelectable, twice. He turned out not to have the convictions of his politics and died on his own sword.    Reform won't win an election. All the idiots that voted for them to keep out Labour actually enabled Labour. They'll be back voting tory next time.    Farage wouldn't be able to make his millions if he was in power. He's a very devious shyster but I very much doubt he'd actually want the responsibility that governance requires.
    • The purge of hard left members that were part of Corbyn's, Mcdonnel's and Lansmans momentum that purged the party of right wing and centrist members. That's politics. It's what Blair did to win, its what Starmer had to do to win. This country doesn't vote in extreme left or right governments. That's partly why Corbyn lost  We're pretty much a centrist bunch.  It doesn't make it false either. It's an opinion based on the voting patterns, demography and statistics. Can you explain then why former mining constituencies that despise the tories voted for them or abstained rather than vote for Corbyns Labour?  What is the truth then? But he never got elected!!! Why? He should have been binned off there and then. Why he was allowed to hang about is an outrage. I hold him party responsible for the shit show that we've had to endure since. 
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...