Random Sims coming onto property to rummage through or Knock Over Trash Bin

Omgosh yes the flowers! I did an Easter event where, apparently the easter bunny leaves flowers everywhere, which I ignored, thinking nothing of it. But those people also either stole them, or planted them where they lay!!

I'm like... I didn't want random plants growing everywhere actually... 🤔

Oh! There's like, one specific window from like.. the High School or University packs or.. gosh maybe the Werewolf pack that has ONE window you can sneak through! 😆

I play on a Windows 11 PC with no mods or CC. I have all of the EPs and game packs, and most of the stuff packs. I looked to see if this has been reported, particularly because it's all over the Reddit TS4 sub, so I know I'm no the only one having this issue. I saw that someone else had attempted to report the bug and had the thread closed due to multi-report or something, so my report has to do with the absolute obsession random sims, who my household doesn't even know, have with rummaging through my outdoor garbage can EVERY NIGHT and then kicking it over after they get garbage all over my yard.

In the past, before the July 2025 patch, I rarely had my outdoor garbage can kicked over. It generally only happened when L Faba visited the household, and rarely ever did a random townie kick it over. Now, my garbage can gets kicked over EVERY night, because EVERY night some random person is rummaging around in it, getting garbage all over the ground. This has happened across multiple new saves, and is still happening in the brand new save I started today after downloading the most recent patch. 

Same here . I have had to put my trash can  in a fenced off area and set it so only family members can go through the gate to it . So so annoying as you cannot tell them to leave when they come to do it 

This has been happening to me constantly ever since I started playing the sims again a week ago, might end up putting a gate in front of my bin since it's so infurating.

The title says it.

It is the "omnivore"-trash can from the Highschool-dlc.

it has gotten better in my game since the last couple of updates, but it still happens but not every sim day. Now it is like 2-3 times a sim week some random sim will come over and rummage in my trash can

Happening on new and old saves here on PS4. I've had to put the outside bin behind a fence and a locked gate now. 

Happened to me last night in my game. Random Sims just keep coming over walking into my house and kicking my trash. They even do it in apartments coming through the elevator. 

Seems like the person who reported this three months ago and said it would be ignored and slagged off was inherently correct.