If your talking about the amateur drug infested life long criminal, then yes they will attempt to smash and grab, but in some cities, especially NY, you have real pros, and they will use the most advance techniques they can use, and lately picking is slowly coming into vogue because it's very stealthy and because locks are very well today made and the usual "smash and grab" isn't working. However the battery powered angle grinder is still extremely effective, but it's also very noisy and some thieves don't like to attract attention to themselves so those have resorted to picking.