<p>On grounds most students park either outside their dorm (not covered but not street parking – open lot like you said), in a garage (far away but covered), or in an open lot far away (that is the worst option but cheapest). Remember snow is not really an issue so covering is not really that necessary.</p>
<p>Off grounds most students have street parking but there are some garages.</p>
<p>There was a big incident a year ago at my garage where many cars were broken into and tires flattened but mine was untouched. The large binder of CDs was a good indication that I had no iPod, like DeanJ said that is the big thing people like to steal.</p>
<p>And by people I clearly do not mean UVA students since that is against the honor code. The perps are typically low income residents of CVille (there is about a 25% poverty rate here) since the garages, lots, etc aren’t locked or restricted. This is also true of other crimes committed around grounds (there was just a robbery where the perps actually went INTO the occupied apartment and held people up at gunpoint since their door was unlocked… robberies at 2am or so are common in certain areas like the Corner so it is best to not be out that late in those areas). But there is a very low level of crime compared to what you would expect in a college town where 25% of the rest of the town meets federal poverty guidelines (don’t forget those guidelines are outrageous and another 25% of the town probably would be considered poor by decent standards as well). We get an email about a robbery maybe a couple of times a semester at most. You just have to be safe. There is a recent thread on this somewhere too…</p>