Top 10 Tips To Avoid A Car Break-in And Deal With The Aftermath During our recent spring break trip to San Francisco, we fell victim to a smash and grab car break in. Unfortunately, this is a crime that is becoming all too common in several of the major US cities, with San Francisco being one of the worst. A December 2021 story on a bay area NBC affiliate reported that car break-ins have increased nearly 200% in the last year, with the city averaging 74 of these incidents per day. During our stay in the bay area we noticed