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Sorry to hear this. Someone tried to break into flats I was living in (different city) and I was (luckily?) in both times so they ran off / made an excuse pretending they were after a different door. Once I was in by myself!

I agree adding precautions like a mortice lock and window restrictors etc can help. I've heard that it's about making your flat look like it's more hassle and would take longer to break into than maybe another flat would, therefore can be seen as too risky for the burglar (the longer it takes or more noise they have to make the more likely it is they would get caught).

Agree that you should keep anything valuable out of sight and close curtains and also make sure neighbours are all on board with closing and locking close doors.

My last flat (Anniesland area) was ground floor and one night a guy broke into the ground floor flat next tenement down from mine, jumped the adjoining fences and came into our close via the back garden (neighbours loved leaving our front and back close doors unlocked!) and then snapped a wooden stair pole to steal a bike chained up there as a getaway vehicle.

Often they are chancers who check if you're in and if they see a vulnerability (sash windows without locks or restrictors for example) they'll give it a go. Hope putting some extra measures in place makes you feel better and protects you from this in the future. Not sure if this helps but with dark early nights maybe having a light or two on plug timers to go off before it gets dark and a radio or TV coming on might give a first glance appearance that someone is home?