It is certain that many are the most daring when they dress up on Halloween. However, scary face masks are not the only things which cause fear during this famous night; additional fear comes with realising that your property or car has been vandalised.
It is said that property crimes increase by around 24 percent on Halloween, according to one study.
Most celebrate the night through trick or treating, others stay at home and watch movies, whilst some will attend parties. However, a minority will take advantage of this night to show reckless behaviour for which they often do not face any consequences. One local instance took place in Petworth Gardens, after the hours of 8pm, a local resident's car wing mirrors were both damaged along with two other cars belonging to very close neighbours.
Upon interviewing one of the victims of this activity, the resident told me that he ''did not discover the damage done until the following morning.'' He then told me that he phoned the police and left a voicemail, gave full details of the damage done but then told me that he did not yet receive a reply up to this date. As a result of these unfortunate events, the resident feels ''the police do not care'' and hopes that he gets a response soon.
This is just one example of the many incidents which take place every Halloween. If you have experienced anything of a similar nature, do not hesitate to contact the police and give them full details. Many of these incidents go unreported as many deem it to be insignificant or not major enough to report. However, please do so!
To avoid a future occurence of any such damage from being done again, the resident told me that ''I won't leave my car on the open street again on that night. Instead, I will park it on my drive and make it less vulnerable to vandalism.''
