We had loads of trouble with a family over the road, they put my windows through on my r32 and also 206 and slashed the tyres, they through wood and bricks at my 4 year old daughter needing hospital attention, they keep steeling our bikes which we keep retrieveing from their shed, police didnt give a flying fuck. I put cameras up, that records on the pc, problems soon stopped. Best news of all is that last night someone has gone to their house and smashed every double glazed window with a hammer and theres brake fluid all round her car!!! What goes around comes around, useless degenerate fucks, couldnt have happened to a more horrible family. Police are coming round today but I think I forgot to put my camera on last night so sadly I wont be of any help
Hardware wise, make sure you get an infrared camera as the red glow seriously spooks the little bastards as they know the camera is on and watching. The software I used I got off the internet and basically you set a percentage level of movement on the image so if the trees blow in the wind it doesnt record but if someone passes x ammount it does. Then in the morning it shows you a timeline of the night and the red bits are motion and blue bits are non-motion so you can quickly flick through and see the important bits from the night. If it does detect motion it records half a minute before and half a minute after it stops just to make sure, I'll track the name down for you.