Parking lots are attractive to crime: Unattended vehicles, low surveillance, relative anonymity, unused space late at night. Many kinds of deals take place enti

Parking lots are attractive to crime: Unattended vehicles, low surveillance, relative anonymity, unused space late at night. Many kinds of deals take place entirely within parking lots. The crime wouldn't vanish if these locations were busier and less anonymous, but it would be a little more challenging to go completely unnoticed.