we got burgled back in 2011...
Wife had the flu and didn't lock up per her normal routine...I didn't check, and went to bed around 1AM after burning some CDs onto the hard drive.
A character named Brice Sloane appears to have been killing time after the pub closed at 1AM, and was checking for locked doors...took a torch from the downstairs toilet of my neighbour, and used that to grab what was on offer in our place in the easy to harvest areas.
My phone, wife's phone, my camera, laptop, wallets...all that he could get without coming into the bedrooms, or entering any rooms that could box him in.
Started using my phone at 6 minutes past 2AM, getting train timetables and trying credit card details...phone records show what time train he took, and what time he got back to Blacktown, his place of abode...Sneaky bugger also took our phone book...try cancelling your credit cards and phones on a Sunday morning with no phone book, or internet to look them up?
Tips from my end...
* Don't dump your keys, wallet and phones all together in one spot on the table when you get home...just makes it WAY easy for them to get maximum value for minimum effort.
* Install a few battery powered motion sensitive lights around...it's easier to find your way to the toilet that way too.
* Stash a few $100 in an unusual place in your shed (old PC power supply or something innocuous), so that if/when you wake up with no cash/cards, you can survive until you get things happening again (wife was playing bingo with friends, and had about $120 of $5 gift cards.
* keep an old expired driver's licence...that way you can re-establish your identity, and start rebuilding your clutter.
* as soon as the cops hear that you are insured, they stop looking. I handed them phone records and train timetables on a platter. Facebook pages showing that the perp was in town that night, and where he lived...they couldn't give a rat's...we were insured, we got our money back.
Oh...and don't double your deductible for a premium reduction the week before you forget to lock up...