Car thefts - Ashtown and Royal canal park

sunshine135

Hi,
I would like to ask people leaving in Ashtown and Royal canal park about feedback on the car thefts in this area.

We are looking into buying the house in Royal canal park. From my research - I received very positive feedback and had good experience with community in the area, however on 2 occasions I was warned specifically about the car thefts. Especially one of them said the car incidents in the area are frequent like every 3-4 months (car keying, breaking attempts, even steal & burn), however the person doesn't actually live in the area, so I don't know how much I should rely on this. I understand that the certain level of car theft happen everywhere and we would instal the car alarm etc. However we would not have underground car park, so the frequent cars theft attempts would be a worry. I called Gardai in Cabra but they refused to give their feedback.

Could people who leave in this area and own the car provide the feedback? Do you find it a relatively safe area for the cars or are there indeed frequent incidents of car thefts? If there were any incidents, were they recent or in past?

Thank you,

A Neurotic

I can't speak for Royal Canal Park specifically, but for what it's worth I live near enough to Ashtown and can't say I've ever seen anything suggesting trouble. I've left my bike locked near the train station overnight, and once for two days (ill-advised I know).

Seems to be mainly young professionals in the area.

PhoenixParker

Ive lived in Ashtown and Royal Canal Park for two years and never heard of a car theft or seen a burnt out car.

I have an idea there was a bit of a problem with that in 2006 or so when people first moved in but it was knocked on the head quickly.

Gaspode

I live near there, havent heard any reports like that, it's a very quiet area.

Muahahaha

Good mate of mine lived in the Waxworks in Ashtown in 2014. Had her car broken into with little or nothing stolen. Car wasnt stolen or anything, just a smashed window. She had lived there for 3 years without incident which was likely just an isolated one.

ongarboy

sunshine135 wrote: »

Especially one of them said the car incidents in the area are frequent like every 3-4 months (car keying, breaking attempts, even steal & burn), however the person doesn't actually live in the area, so I don't know how much I should rely on this.

Are you saying one car incident for every car owner every 3-4 months (highly unlikely) or one incident in the whole Ashtown/Royal Canal Park area every 3-4 months? If the latter, then that would suggest it's the safest neighbourhood in the whole country if it only has one incident every 3 to 4 months. No place is crime free so to have such tiny crime statistics would be utopia so I think you are unnecessarily scaremongering yourself!