Got hit on Christmas eve last year, along with several neighbors. Did more dollar damage to the front and back doors, than the stuff they took was worth. (I keep things well locked up).
Needless to say, we all have some nasty surprises for them if they try it again.
According to the local police, Christmas Eve and New Years Eve are popular burglary times, because few people are at home.
My lake cottage got hit last week. Kids broke some glass and left some blood on the shards and did some damage to the door but did not get in. They got into several neighbors. They got caught two days later and DNAed to all their break-ins. The girl was sporting some unaccustomed jewelry and talking about her two new TVs at school.
I have a small safe, if you can call it that. I have about $1,000 cash in it and a few other items, mostly wife's jewelry but also insurance policies birth certificates etc., it's hidden but a determined burglar could find it and carry the whole thing away. I have it mostly for its fire retardant qualities.
I'm wondering how much a sturdy and heavy enough safe, that a thief could not handily steal, might cost.