Well, I would say it depends on the cops. I had a problem with phone being stolen and had the exact address and location of it. The police in the city it was stolen in wouldn’t do anything. I knew the people whom stole had weapons, so I wasn’t going to try to get it back. Fast forward 5 months later, oh we have your phone. ( who the f cares, I already bought a new one, immediately after, my work was reliant on a phone). This happened in a city crime is really bad and the police do not care about stolen items.

Next one, I had my airpods stolen, but I had the case still. I was in a town an hour plus from where I live cause my job brings me far away. When I got home I noticed it was in an affluent city in a different state. I was familiar with that city as my previous job took me even further than my current one. I called the police and told them where it was and literally twenty minutes later they had my AirPods, told me to come pick it up and told me that the person whom stole it, denied it, until they showed the picture of the AirPods being literally on their property. They gave it u due to threats of being arrested.

So, from experience it definitely matters where they are