Warning to any parents who use Bel Air car park for pick-ups/ drop-offs

[Wanhope]

We, like a lot of parents, use this car park every day when we drop off and pick up our son from nursery at Oakfield, given the severe lack of other parking space nearby. Today I got back to my car to find that someone had prised open my windows somehow and stolen a bag from the car -- something I found particularly shocking given I'd been gone for no more than 15 minutes tops and there were loads of other cars/ people about. I reported it to police and the bag (actually my baby's change bag) wasn't greatly valuable, but it is concerning that this space now seems to be a target for thieves. Do please be vigilant if you use this space too!

[LalKJ]

Thanks for the warning Wanhope. I use the car park everyday too, and like you, thought the sheer number of people around at school time would deter thieves - will have to be more vigilant now!

[Mrs TP]

My daughter used to do tennis lessons there. A couple of years ago, whilst a bunch of us parents were sat in the tiny skate park, between the car park and tennis courts, watching the lesson progress one of the parents had her bag stolen from her car. The bag was on the rear seat and the thief had smashed a window and grabbed it.

Not great to leave the bag visible but we were all hardly any distance away and couldn't believe we didn't hear see anything :(