Fort Worth had 26 vehicle burglaries in 14 different zip codes from Thursday morning to Friday morning.
The break-ins occurred just about everywhere -- on residential streets, home driveways, busy shopping centers and the parking lots of restaurants and fitness centers.
In at least eight of the cases, the vehicles were unlocked.
Sharon Lyons said she leaves her driver's side door unlocked because her keyfob is broken.
"I leave it open so it will be accessible, and I figure it's safer because I can just have access to that door, and that's the only reason why I leave it open," she said.
Lyons' vehicle wasn't broken into in the past 24 hours, but she said someone once stole a watch from her car while it was parked in front of her home.
Other drivers may lock their doors but make their cars tempting targets by leaving valuables in view.
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"We make sure we take all that stuff with us, even CDs, and sometimes kids want to leave things in the backseat -- their sports stuff -- and they're like, 'Oh, we'll be back in 30 minutes,'" Chris Willem said. "In this case, we just grab it, take it with us."
"My car, typically, I try to keep it very clean, hide everything in the trunk or glove compartment," Brian Coffey said. "[I] lock everything up, close the windows up, keep everything safe."
It's not just a Fort Worth issue.
Arlington police say June is one of their busiest months for car burglaries. The city uses portable, digital message boards on busy roads to remind drivers to lock up their cars and hide their valuables.
