Credit: FsQA family in Cancelada, Estepona, has put up a €50,000 reward for information that helps identify the people behind a brazen home robbery. Summer crowds and property crime on the western coastWestern Costa del Sol towns from Torremolinos to Manilva see their effective population climb sharply once the high season arrives. Burglaries: Lower official counts but higher risk for empty homesHome break-ins have recorded clear drops in many Costa del Sol towns and across the province in recent counts, sometimes by double-digit percentages. Readers interested in similar cases can find coverage of recent tourist-apartment burglaries on the Costa del Sol and of thefts in Estepona. The Cancelada family say they simply want their fear to end.