Wednesday 1 February 2017, Poradnik bezpieczeństwa

Car thefts, burglaries

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Looking into police reports, the phenomenon of car thefts is decreasing from year to year. However, this number is still high, in 2015 12 634 stolen cars were reported and detectability is placed within the limits of 22 - 25%. Nevertheless, the police do not disclose the information how many cars were found before being dismantled. 


What are the most frequent places of the thefts? 


In the top five, we will find: a street, a car park, a car park next to a shopping centre, the garage and the fuel station. The smallest number of thefts was recorded on dual carriageways and in forests. 

If you are the owner of Volkswagen Golf or Passat, A4 Audi, Audi A2 or Mazda 6, you should pay the special attention to the safety of your car, because these are the makes of cars which have the greatest demand on the secondary market of spare parts. 


We need to remember that apart from the very car theft, thieves can also be tempted to steal its equipment including CB radios, stereos or sat nav. Additionally, we will get the unwanted  keepsake in the form of the smashed window.  The good example can be a serial burglar from Lublin who faced 25 charges of burglary. The thief knocked windows in the cars left at unguarded car parks and searched the cars until he found something that would satisfy him financially. 


So how to protect yourself from the car theft or the break-in to our car? 


In the next post we will suggest how to protect the car against such an incident.