<p>I have an attached garage with 2 windows and one exterior door to backyard (and 2 sliding garage doors). Car is unlocked in garage with garage doors always closed. Windows are always locked. The door from garage into house is almost always unlocked. Now that I’ve read about people getting into garages without forcing entry (and I’ve got fairly old automatic garage doors), I’ll be changing my habits.</p>
<p>I do have a security system that is almost always on, which is why I’ve been able to sleep at night with just that one door unlocked. </p>
<p>For those of you who leave doors unlocked in “safe” neighborhoods: I live in the boonies. In an even boonier (is that a word?) nearby town, a horrendously brutal murder took place. The family had locked their doors, so that didn’t actually prevent the crime, but the brutes cased the area deliberately seeking remote homes with no dogs and no indications of automatic alarm systems. The local newspaper carried lots of stories about townspeople who had never locked their doors. It was a tiny town – population < 2000. I don’t believe in safe neighborhoods.</p>