Instead of having to call an auto locksmith when your car has been broken into and your lock has been damaged, try to avoid a break-in in the first place.  Hide your valuable items – like technological item such as a phone or a laptop, purses, handbags, wallets, cash – in the many hiding places your car has: under the seat, in the cabby-hole, the boot.  Try not to have anything valuable in your car, or don’t let it show, otherwise it might draw the attention of a criminal.  Deter these individuals as much as you possibly can, and keep yourself safe.