On Christmas Eve a friend had the rear bumper of her year old Astra GTE stolen whilst the car was parked in her drive. The car alarm was not armed - not too sure if it would have sounded anyway. Police attended and advised it was probably stolen to order. I have seen similar in the USA but never here. Cars used to get stolen for parts but never parts from a parked car (Audi S4 mirrors being the only exception).
I had a front bumper stolen from a Mondeo ST220 about 10 years ago, then 6 months later all 4 wheels. This was in Maida Vale. I assumed somewhere there was a 1.6 LX ST220 replica being created.
A word of warning -
On Christmas Eve a friend had the rear bumper of her year old Astra GTE stolen whilst the car was parked in her drive. The car alarm was not armed - not too sure if it would have sounded anyway. Police attended and advised it was probably stolen to order. I have seen similar in the USA but never here. Cars used to get stolen for parts but never parts from a parked car (Audi S4 mirrors being the only exception).