The new year has a new crime trend in Venice with a dramatic increase in burglary from motor vehicles. The numbers are growing and steady with the only weekday lulls seemingly taking place on Friday. To date, there have been 88 reported burglaries from motor vehicles, and those are just the ones that were reported. That is just over 3 per day in the neighborhood of just Venice alone. Don’t think that stuffing something under your seat will deter someone from breaking into your vehicle. If someone is going to break into your car, they will do it as a crime of opportunity. They think nobody is around or watching - and therefore they will take what they can get. From loose change in a cup holder to the lucrative GPS, briefcase, shopping bags or iPods… anything will get them more than what they have. If they see an iPod or GPS holder, it is safe to assume the unit is stored in a center console or glove box and that is incentive to break a window and find out. LOCK IT. HIDE IT. KEEP IT. is the slogan to deter thefts from motor vehicles… the best advice however is just to leave NOTHING in your car.
Below is a list of reported thefts taken from the LA Times Crime Mapping site for the neighborhood of Venice.
Date Crime - # of Burglaries from Cars - Week Day
Jan 1, 2012 - 7 Sunday
Jan 2, 2012 - 6 Monday
Jan 3, 2012 - 3 Tuesday
Jan 4, 2012 - 1 Wednesday
Jan 5, 2012 - 2 Thursday
Jan 6, 2012 - 1 Friday
Jan 7, 2012 - 6 Saturday
Jan 8, 2012 - 5 Sunday
Jan 9, 2012 - 2 Monday
Jan 10, 2012 - 4 Tuesday
Jan 11, 2012 - 5 Wednesday
Jan 12, 2012 - 10 Thursday
Jan 13, 2012 - 2 Friday
Jan 14, 2012 - 5 Saturday
Jan 15, 2012 - 4 Sunday
Jan 16, 2012 - 4 Monday
Jan 17, 2012 - 1 Tuesday
Jan 18, 2012 - 5 Wednesday
Jan 19, 2012 - 4 Thursday
Jan 20, 2012 - 1 Friday
Jan 21, 2012 - 4 Saturday
Jan 22, 2012 - 1 Sunday
Jan 23, 2012 - 0 Monday
Jan 24, 2012 - 5 Tuesday
Jan 25, 2012 Wednesday
Jan 26, 2012 Thursday
Jan 27, 2012 Friday
Jan 28, 2012 Saturday
Jan 29, 2012 Sunday
Jan 30, 2012 Monday
Jan 31, 2012 Tuesday
Total To Date: 88
Yeah, the homeless have become super aggressive at night now that they are kicked out by the police.
They flood into residential properties and steal, sleep and poop all over the place!!
hunker down and protect yourselves at all times….mace is a good option
That stupid VNC member Guzman with the big chest said at the recent meeting that she feels that there was not sufficient notice given to the people of Venice for the new curfew?
This is why we need this curfew, our neighborhood is in an emergency situation.
I’m afraid to walk the streets of Venice at night.
The curfew is wrong. It’s just another make believe tool that won’t do a thing except stir up more hatred and resentment between the poor and the police. Bill Rosendahl needs to quit raising our taxes, blighting our neighborhoods and parks with billboards and abusing the poor. Catch up on all of Bill Rosendahl’s dirty deeds, done dirt cheap @ http://www.venicebeachpress.com As always, a very big thanks to Ms. Thompson for such a great website and contribution to the community.