If there is one pattern to the burglaries, it is the high number of items tha are stolen, for which the owner cannot provide the serial numbers. When the thieves go to pawn your belongings, the pawn shope match the serial numbers to a list of similar items reported stolen, and the pawn shops must notify the police of the attemt to pawn.
Brand name and serial number of an item you are missing, then when the plice recover it, they can walk it back to your front door. If you don't have the brand name and serial number, and the police recover your missing item . . . well, you know the rest of the story.
The second pattern is that victims left their windows/doors unlocked. Thieves LIKE helpful victims. Unlocked doors/windows make burglary SOO much easier.
