Crime Prevention

Crime Prevention

On this month’s Crimecall Sergeant Graham Kavanagh was in studio to discuss vehicle crime. He offered advice to the public on how to best prevent such thefts. The advice included taxi related thefts, thefts from trade vehicles and the thefts of catalytic converters stolen from vehicles for the metals contained therein.

Statistics:

Over 1/5th of all thefts occur at a residential location, with 1 in 3 cars being left unlocked at the time

The most common items stolen were Cash, Laptops, sunglasses, jewellery, tools and sports equipment

Most common locations for these thefts was in a driveway

50% occur between the hours of 12am and 7am and are happening throughout the country

Each year on average €340,000 worth of property is stolen from cars.

Crime Prevention Advice