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Last year at Nationals, my team elected not to have our crate removed from the pit area. Instead, we pushed it in the corner and used it for storage. Every time our pit area was empty, we would take all items of any significant value and lock them up in the crate. We have done this many times in the past and have never had anything stolen (except for the robotic dog, but that's another story entirely....)
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We would have loved to keep our crate at the Nationals and both regionals we attended. But we were told that removal was REQUIRED. So we kept our tool boxes locked when not in use and everybody was responsible for their own stuff. Especially the laptops.
As a side note, it is a good idea to have people in your pit at ALL times. Last year we just happened to have our student marketing lead on duty in the pits when the judges came by. Everyone else was out watching us compete. I'm not saying it won us the Xerox award, but it probably didn't hurt to have somebody who knew the robot inside and out and could talk about it confidently there. The judges were impressed by our concept, so we might have won anyway.
The judges, and other teams looking for alliance partners for that matter, come when they come, if you don't have somebody in the pit you are missing an opportunity to make a good impression.
Just another little tip from Team 330's "Unwritten Rules of FIRST"