.. to think this would blow some minds?

It would, and am sure it does, happen here.
I was scolded by a local not long after moving here for asking where I could lock my bike up.
"We dont lock our bikes here. You city people come here and bring your fear with you."

Meanwhile also in France

78 staff suspended after sexual and physical abuse of children in their care

https://www.aol.co.uk/news/abuse-french-school-programmes-parents-135829949.html

Or the high standard of education, the deeply ingrained sense of the importance of social behaviour, the general attitude of "we're all in this together"

I bet you've never visited North Norfolk, then, lol

Yet it’s done all through Scandinavia very safely.

Jfc

I was left in a pram outside a shop in another European country and my mum came out to find someone running off with me, claiming that I was a child of that particular nation. Luckily, she had enough of the local language to argue with her and wrestle me back (despite being heavily pregnant at the time). It might have been common in the 1970s, but it was a terrible idea, even then.

Why on earth would anyone describe someone so stupid as this moronic mother as ‘the poor mum’ ?
I know on MN a woman can do no wrong but fgs that’s a pretty low bar to set even in here

Some people just don't seem to think. A woman once asked would I keep an eye on her sleeping baby while she nipped into the shop, as I was waiting in the car next to them. I said I would, but with respect, she shouldn't leave him with me as she didn't have the foggiest who I was!! She still went!

I know its a risk, that's why I'm annoyed about the gluing but the likelihood where I am is very slim, there hasn't been any burglaries in my area the entire time I've lived here.

@BundleflowerChrist, I lock our doors whilst we’re IN the house, not just whilst we’re out and we live in what is supposedly the ‘happiest’ and most crime free town in the country. We still have crime!

Well, of course that’s a risk. But people could also come through a smashed window. If someone is determined to hurt you a door won’t bloody stop them! A serial killer doesn’t get to a locked door and think ‘ah fuck it - that’s a shame’ and walk off.
There’s also a risk in a locked door delaying you leave a burning building.
Theres risks in many things. I think an intruder planning to hurt me and my door being the obstacle that will surely prevent them is a small risk.

As long as they're actually in and can get the police there really fast when the intruders open your door and go in to trash your house and rob you.

I care about people - even those I don't know - suffering the trauma of intruders in their house. I've known several people it's happened to (not one in a city or dodgy town) and I cannot for the life of me understand why you wouldn't lock your door.

Anyone going to bed and leaving their door unlocked astonishes me.

Even those saying "people pop in" - they knock or ring the doorbell!

Our lock kept sticking in the cold winter so my OH had the bright idea of gluing the snib thing open in case the lock broke altogether and we wouldn't be able to get in at all. Now the cold is not an issue but its impossible to lock the door sigh (We do have an inner door that can be locked but need another key cut for DD before we can start locking it) but we do have very nosy neighbours which is basically as good as a lock

A few reasons:
Multiple people in and out all day
Live in the middle of nowhere
Dogs big enough you’d be brave to consider it
Genuinely don’t know where our keys are
Just never consider it really
Edited that we also have CCTV which I think would be a decent deterrent.

When I’ve lived in more built of places I think I’ve always locked up.

For those who have posted and there's been quite a few who don't lock their doors can I genuinely ask why?

It seems so odd to me that you wouldn't take a minute to lock it.

You’re an aggressive little nipper aren’t you?

That’s not Neverland, just depends where you live in the UK. Our front door is open way more often than it’s locked. I’ve been out twice today, each time for 40-45 minutes and didn’t lock the door either time

I think that's a fair point. It's a low risk, probably, but why take the risk?

Home counties and often don't lock my door when I go out, or close my downstairs windows. Also often leave my handbag in unlocked car, often with keys inside, while I go for a walk. I do reflect I am extremely lucky to live where I feel safe enough to do that. Wouldn't leave the kids (or dogs) in an unlocked car and wander off out of sight though, with or without keys.

I don't lock my door at night. I live down a long lane with a locked gate. Have never felt unsafe.

Maybe there's something to be said for the unpredicability of the Calmac service after all! I think robbers can find easier targets without the risk of being unable to make a quick getaway from the island.