Author: Rochelle Martinez
Source: articlesbase.com

Motorists and home owners are being urged to be more security conscious in an attempt to defeat the rise of car key theft from houses. A recent report has revealed that nearly 13 per cent of all recorded crime is linked to vehicle theft. During the recent credit crunch brazen criminals are trying their luck to steal car keys from people’s homes in order to take a car and use it for further criminal activity. Some of the ways these thieves are taking car keys is by entering homes through doors that have been left unlocked or open or by ‘car-jacking’ which is an act of aiming to steal a car at a set of traffic lights and force the occupants out of the vehicle in order to drive off with it. This is a serious crime that has led to many people being left injured physically and mentally due to the actions of these offenders.The most common way of obtaining car keys from homes unlawfully is known as ‘hooking’. Thieves will use a wire that is stuck through a letter box or cat flap in an attempt to ‘hook’ car keys that have been left close to doors and hooked on to the wire.Car insurance companies are therefore warning people to increase the securities levels not only of their cars, but also of their homes by installing sophisticated security systems to deter would be thieves. There were 1.5 million car related crimes during 2007 to 2008 despite a fall in car crime of 66% since the mid 1990’s. However, there has been a rise of 15% in the robbery of car keys from car owner’s homes which has led to a rise in premiums of <a onClick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(’/outgoing/article_exit_link’);” href=”http://www.quinn-direct.com/”>car insurance and home insurance</a>.Specialists in car insurance believe that criminals are now targeting a weak link in the car security chain, with one leading figure saying, “Last year 15,700 cars were stolen after keys were taken in a burglary and 2,900 cars stolen after keys taken in muggings, pick pockets or car jackings. We advise all car drivers to treat their car keys like cash – guard and protect your keys to keep hold of your car.”

Rochelle Martinez, Freelance Web Content Article Writer for three years. Some of her articles are about http://www.quinn-direct.com.

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