"Thieving flourishes on falling economy
Hua Hin News: We reported on climbing crime in Hua Hin a couple of months ago and are sad to report that the trend is still increasing. The number of reported break-ins and burglaries are up as opportunists become more desperate to fight the rising cost of living. Economic woes are the worry of many as fuel and rice prices continue to climb with little light at the end of the financial tunnel.
Foreigners are often seen as a soft target in Hua Hin as home security measures are occasionally overlooked, many homes are left vacant, and the potential bounty for the would-be thief is far greater. For many years seen as a “Paradise City” Hua Hin is rapidly becoming a haven for brazen bandits looking to make a quick baht from the pickings of prosperous foreigners. Sadly the local constabulary tends to offer very little in the way of assistance to foreigners who are often seen as being far enough above the bread-line not to worry about a missing laptop or jewelry.
This leaves us pretty much alone in the battle against burglars. Increasing our general awareness and home and personal security seems to be the only measure in a town where the law offers little comfort to the alien.
Crime is not limited to burglary though; the canal road heading north of Hua Hin has become a recent hot-spot of activity where several people have been attacked by teenagers on motorcycles late at night. The stick brandishing thugs tend to target foreigners so be on your guard if you have to travel along this road which is lined with local karaoke bars often entertaining those that should be ‘protecting and serving’.
With office break-ins, personal attacks, house burglaries and even a car firebomb attack all happening in the last month it seems that this insidious trend is rising as quick as the prices that maybe fuelling it."
I'm afraid with this and the problems in the property market, our little paradise is getting a lot of bad press these days.
Have a nice day!
with you the understudy does Sandman a proper enforcement of the Law is badly needed and should better come now than later. 
Maybe a nice feature headline in the property section.....Problems In Paradise.