Drivers have for a long time parked their cars on well-lit streets in a bid to deter thieves.- There is a feeling that criminals won't want a spotlight when they are carrying out their activities.
But the opposite could in fact be true. Researches have actually found that vehicles are more likely to be broken into on a road with bright overnight lighting than on one where street lights are switched off after midnight.
A study led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and UCL examined detailed police recorded crime data from Thames Valley Police and data on changes to street lighting from April, 2004, to September 2013. It assessed the differences between lamps being kept on all night and the gradual changes to their timing and brightness over the nine-year period.
