I have had a couple of lock-ups in a block of sixteen behind some flats for about 20 years and every few years they get broken into. Some times all of them, sometimes just the ones with no extra padlocks, and sometimes just the ones with the extra padlocks.
I usually just lose a few tools but once they found the oxy welding gear I had hidden away. More recently they break the locks, decide I've got nothing they want and just leave the door open.
It is all very annoying but I feel lucky that I have never had my home violated in the same way.
One technique I read about, but couldn't possible condone, is to find a shiny but redundant power tool, short out the wiring in the plug, and leave it for them to take. They'll get a shock when they plug it in!
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