It weird, there's very little REAL crime here like murder (ok, ok... Jon Benet was like 15 years ago), armed robbery, car theft, etc... but petty crimes due to drunken college kids are pretty common. I don't ever worry about locking my home or car at night, but wouldn't leave a bicycle, or my practice pin unlocked. Hell, I haven't locked my pick up truck in years in hopes that someone would steal it so I could cash in on the insurance policy... no luck yet on this.
Ah, see that's where you are going wrong. Want to prevent drunken college kids from ripping off your stuff? Think like one. Distract them from the basket with Heineken mini kegs or bikini clad girls on a cardboard cut out or something.