Our business has an alarm business, the police is far away and may take them an hour or more to get here. There was a police sub station very close to here the one time we had an attempted burglary, police got here very fast.
They closed it.
We live 16 miles away and takes about 20 minutes or so to get here. We also have security cameras it records but, can't get license plates.
At home we leave two radios on and gates open, give the look that we could return at any time. This is when we go to work everyday.
Best thing is to have someone with a car staying at your house.