Has car crime gone up in London in last couple of months?

[LH1]

Hey guys,

I have been abroad for couple of months, but keep hearing that peoples car got broken in to time and time again.

So makes me think if the car crime has actually gone up recently or not.

Also, those of you who got the high end cars (like bentley, aston martin, ferrari etc), how do you find it when you go some where and park your car on the street? Because after hearing all those news I have to keep worrying about the car (got a Bentley) whenever I go some where, specially on weekends when I go to clubs as the car will be on the street till late night..

M

[LH1]

Aha, so I am guessing things are not so bad then since people have been quite..

[DanielC4GP]

[sjg]

I went from 0 car thefts to 1 in December. Which is not an especially useful data point.

[SteellFJ]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15426720

HTH

[LH1]

Well, yeah there will be odd crime here and there, however I am curious whether you lot feel that things are getting worse or not.

Specially those who owns the expensive cars.

Reason being, I bought a Bentley recently (left it in home in London) and been traveling for last 3-4 months, now I am coming back next week, so I want to take it out and about, but want to know if it's still ok to park it on the streets of London (mostly in central London, but sometimes in tower hamlet) or should I just park in those underground and safe parking spaces all the time. Obviously those parking places will cost almost double compared to the street parking, and I won't get any free parking even on weekends, however I will have peace of mind.