I lived ~23 years in Chicagoland without an incident (except a bike being taken from my garage when I was 10 or so).

I moved to Connecticut and once someone with the key to our apartment (a day after the maintenance people showed up to fix something) tried to bust down the door. Luckily, I had the little metal lock thing, which they were trying to push in while I was sleeping. I called the police after I heard noise (they were gone) and they said thefts in this apartment complex were pretty frequent. Who did it, also unlocked the dead bolt. I thought it was strange that it happened the day after maintenance came (scoping the place out). Of course, the apartment complex said "oh no, our maintenance people are stand up guys". Later when I lived in the ghetto part of New Haven, I woke up to the police at my door since someone smashed open my van and took about $1 in change. The best part was it was parked next to a church where a guard came out and confronted the individual. The person said "oh, its my car, I just lost the keys" and the church guard went back inside and didnt report it. Real nice.

Now, I live in Seattle where property crime goes hand and hand with the homeless. Due to the homeless being pushed out of some neighborhoods, they seem to congregate in the Ballard neighborhood where shelters will refuse to run a background check (and frequently, wanted sex predators are present). The police are out out of resources and car break-ins and home break-ins are getting more frequent.

Luckily, we moved to a new, quieter neighborhood in the city and I've got 3 infrared webcams outisde setup with zoneminder recording all motion (and visible to anyone approaching the garage/windows/door). I know its not going to stop anyone determined, but at least it might serve as some deterrent.