Lock all the doors of the car when you are buying even a small thing from the store, because thief can steal the car in a second. If a thief sees the keys dangling in the car he may steal your new car. Nowadays thieves have become so clever that they do not want to steal the car but items that are in car like the cell phones, credit cards, checkbooks etc. Avoid fancy accessories in your car. Car thieves generally steal expensive rims, spoilers etc from the car.

Nowadays auto thieves have become expert in stealing a car; they can break the lock of even a security device. But there are some new security devices in the market which may scare the auto thief. A new type of alarm is introduced in the market; if anyone touches the vehicle it will create a loud sound. Plenty of auto security devices are available in the market; you can choose anyone from the market.

Auto thefts in Oahu have fallen to 41 percent since 2002. In 2002, nearly 8,488 cars were stolen in Oahu. The number of vehicles stolen in the first half of Honolulu was 2,893 which have reduced to 1,701 in the first half of 2008. On the whole if you see the crime rate in the city has declined to 22 percent, but maximum drop was in auto thefts. Due to slow down in the economy, 2008 was a bad year for the car dealers as well as car stealers. Auto theft in 2008 was 1,701 which was less when compared to 2,893 cars stolen in 2007. Motor vehicle thefts dropped 12.6 per cent in the city. Violent crime like murder, rape, robbery was down 7 percent. Property crime rate was down 23 percent. Property crime includes burglary, larceny theft and auto theft. The city has a population of 905,000, in which there were 8 murders in the first half of 2008 compared to 12 murders in the first half of 2007. The number of rapes has also reduced in the city with 96 in the first half of 2008 when compared to 127 in the first half of 2007. According to Bureau’s preliminary figures, violent crime fell 3.5 percent and property crime has fallen to 2.5 percent.