Frustrated home owners in River Heights have reached the end of their rope.

Some are shelling out thousands of dollars in a last ditch effort to stop their vehicles from being broken into.

Including, Crystal Nault-Lount who had her single garage torn down Tuesday to make room for a double garage for her family’s two cars.

In doing so she says, she’ll hopefully prevent an on-going problem in her neighbourhood from affecting her - vehicle smash and grabs.

"My car was broken in to last on April 9 or 8, and that was kind of the final straw," said Nault-Lount.

CTV has learned the problem has more than doubled in the area.

Manitoba Public Insurance says from April 2013 to March 2014, 211 vehicles were broken into.

Between April 2014 to May 2015, thieves targeted 525 vehicles.

Nault-Lount herself had her car broken in to at least six or seven times she said, since 2012.

And says she had enough.

"It's frustrating. You’re (kind of just) feel helpless. There's nothing you can do. Lock your doors (or) leave them open. Nothing seems to work. Park on the front street, ark in back, under a street lamp - nothing works,” said Nault-Lount.

All suggestions she's heard before and ones she heard again Wednesday night at a public forum hosted by Winnipeg police to combat a spike in crime the neighborhood is experiencing

One speaker at the forum wondered if the car break-ins were signs of bigger problems that need addressing, like an organized crime ring.

To combat the numbers, Winnipeg police introduced Project Comet, encouraging residents to be vigilant and to work with officers to stop the crime.

But at the end of the night, most people walked away with more questions and some with even a warning for the rest of the city.

"This isn't just River Heights problem. This is something that's happening outside and, if all of sudden, River Heights solves this, the criminal activity could move to any other spot in the city," said Jon Waldman.

But Winnipeg police couldn’t say exactly say how bad the problem is compared to the rest of the city. It says it doesn't keep those kinds of statistics readily available.

It does say 26 people have been charged for the crimes in River Heights so far and have identified the streets between Lindsay and Cambridge as the hardest hit.

Tuesday is the busiest night for crime.