Theft at campgrounds???????????

TheGreatWaz00 wrote:
How prevalent is theft at campgrounds?

I see items to lock your power cord down so it cant be stolen, locks for coolers, etc. What about leaving your RV unlocked while at the pool?

Thanks

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I think from reading the posts the consensus is theft is rare...very rare among campers in campsites.

Don't let the fear-mongers get to you.

Very interesting thread -- not a scientific poll, but a pretty good sample of folks with a lot of experience. Bottom line -- theft is not a big deal in campgrounds. I agree -- we have now spent maybe 500 nights in the last ten years in campgrounds, with no problem. But I never leave anything of value outside or unlocked -- we're from urban Southern California, where precaution is a habit.

In all our years of camping/rving we have never had anything taken. I only lock the outside storage bays while actually traveling and rarely lock the door.

We leave out inexpensive stuff. More expensive stuff will get put away at night or when away. Our cord is fixed into the trailer, so aside from cutting it, hard to steal.

Those honda generators are nice. If I had one I'd been chaining that sucker up and putting it away as well.

There is something to be said about the locks on most trailers. The outside storage locks are pretty much all keyed with the same key. For every trailer. The door locks may be different but chances are, someone in your CG has the same key that will unlock your rig. Point about the outside locks...friend bought a 2000 trailer. Mine is 2014. When I went to look at it, he left key for outside storage in the house. I had mine, opened it right up...

Also another thing I have heard...the locks on a trailer only keep honest people honest. Makes sense. If someone wants to get in your trailer or outside storage to steal something, those locks aren't going to stop them and chances are they won't have a key. For this reason I know some folks don't lock anything because they rather not risk damage to the trailer.

I've never had a problem - maybe this is why:

Had beer taken from a cooler outside one night. At least that's the way I remember it! LOL!!!!

Never had stuff stolen from RVs. About 40 years ago had some items left on table stolen when tent camping in national forest.

DW and I were on our way home last weekend and stopped off at a restaurant on the outskirts of Stockton, Ca (crime ridden area). Parked the rig, started walking towards the cafe and I spot a car with tinted windows pull up near our rig. This was a good distance from regular parking. We go inside, but I'm watching them fron the restaurant. Next thing I know a second car pulls up and they move closer to the Moho. I get up and walk towards the Moho and they left. I am certain I would have been broke into had I not been aware of my surroundings. Next time I will drive to the next town, but when you're on the road, it's hard to really know safe areas.

In the past 16 years of full-timing, someone swiped the plastic cutting boards that we put under our jacks so we wouldn't sink in mud. We had pulled away from the site and remembered that we didn't pull them up. We circled the campground and they were gone already! That's it.

3 times...

2 beach area campgrounds where beer & food was taken out of our cooler (probably teenagers)

The other was our boys expensive fall football jackets were taken.

Mike