Only one calamity to go, part 2

So I reported the damage to the police [entry], who advised me to go all junior-sleuth when I returned home.

-- Did you look around to see if the driver left any clues behind?
-- Clues?
-- Yeah, sometimes the guy's number-plate falls off.
-- Well, I had a look around, but there was nothing really.
-- Without clues, we can't do much for you. You might want to have a look at your neighbours' cars, see if any of them are showing similar damage. You never know, you might get lucky.