OP, I'm sorry for the thefts you've experienced. Totally sucks.
I kinda think living in a nice neighborhood in a big metro makes it more likely for you to get targeted by thieves.
If you're a thief and you're looking to thieve, why would you go to 55th and north of Ames to steal when you could go to 168th and whatever where they have way more valuable stuff?
My parent's friends' Lincoln Towncar was stolen from our driveway in Gothenburg around 1996. The friends had turned on the engine to warm it up for their 0.6 mile drive home. After highspeed chases in Cozad and Denver, with multiple collisions along the way, the thieves were arrested. At least that's how I remember it. Maybe the only stolen car of the decade in Gothenburg. A few weeks later, my paintball gun was stolen from my truck on the street when the doors weren't locked.
Please lock your doors and don't leave valuables in plain sight through the windows.