It's not the U.S., but I was robbed twice in the last few months. I lived at the most populous neighbourhood in my city, and so I reported the theft to the pol

It's not the U.S., but I was robbed twice in the last few months. I lived at the most populous neighbourhood in my city, and so I reported the theft to the police station, they made me enumerate my belongings and gave me some papers stating what I had lost. A few weeks later, I called to inquire if some advance had been made, and the lady told me "no, we haven't recovered anything"... but I hadn't given her my case number ! So they hadn't recovered anything for anyone.. in a 100.000 people neighbourhood... At least in my country, if there's no violence or some important reason to go after the criminal, police won't pursue. They don't care much about material losses (they do have a decent track record aprehending murderers and such).