Found two guys about to break into my neighbours car at 4am. What would you have done?

Posted by GiGGLED420@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 349 comments

Yep this happened this morning, just seeing what others would do in this situation. Fully story: Dropped my partner at the airport this morning and got home at 4:30am. Pulled into my residential carpark shared with about 10 cars. Reversing into my space I saw a guy walking out from next to my neighbours car in the reverse camera, thought it was my neighbour. Got into the space and realised he was walking out to the road and saw another guy following him out holding a metal bar, both had gloves and masks on. What I did: Dialled 101 from my car, and sat there for about 10 seconds. Drove back out to the road, partly to see if they were getting into a car so I could get a plate, partly because I didn’t want to get out if they were still close. Drove around for a few minutes and didn’t see them, went back to my space. Got inside, phone to the police is still ringing, eventually gave up after about 15 minutes and went to bed. Traded some sleep for imaginary fighting them for for a bit. Kicked lots of ass to be fair. Was this all the right thing to do? Would you have done things differently? Should I tell my neighbour? Should I still report it to the police?