We had our personal first episode of car crime in High Peak today.
When I went out to the car I found that I'd carelessly omitted to lock it last night.
When I opened it I saw that the collection of old petrol receipts that I keep in the cupholder in the centre console had been taken out and sorted, some on the driver's seat and some on the passenger's seat. The windscreen scraper from the main compartment of the centre console was on the driver's seat together with my prescription driving glasses and SWMBO's sun glasses. The fuse box lid was hanging loose. Surprisingly, the front recess of the centre console, with my collection of old parking tickets hiding the change for parking machines, was untouched. A thief would at least have taken the cash.

SWMBO went down to the kitchen to take her tablets at 04:00 am, switching the light on. She had also switched on the garage lights to check whether or not it was raining. We think that the would-be thief was disturbed by the lights coming on and did a bunk.
SWMBO thinks that the attempt was adventitious, the thief going around trying car doors until they found one that was unlocked.
I had the crook bar on the steering wheel so the car couldn't have been taken (I think !!).

I'll really have to make an effort to check the car in the evening. Problem is, sometimes when I know that I've locked the car - and checked it - it has been unlocked when I next go to it. This happens most often in supermarket car-parks. I think that somebody's key code is too close to mine.

The only previous attempt was more than thirty years ago in Zambia. Then, the thief tried to lever out the quarter lights on both driver and passenger sides but didn't have enough leverage, so only buckled the chrome window trim. After that I left the car unlocked so that thieves could gain access without difficulty (and consequential damage). The garden was fully enclosed so a thief couldn't get the car out onto the road.