Sorry to hear about this intrusion. It is best to leave keys of cars, handbags, in close proximity to hallway....I would prefer they take those than get violent.
An old lady said to me only recently......and don't know how true it is....but I am passing it on for what it is worth: as we were talking about a break in in the small village where I live......she said " you should get a friend of yours to buy you an angel (statuette) and put it in the hallway to give you protection. This is an old saying and it works"...... don't laugh, but hey you never know. As it happens, I got a present of an angel many years ago and it is in my hallway.....so far so good!! And a few houses near me have been broken into over the years!