In most cases, when you ahve been burgled, the most you can hope for is that everything is covered by insurance. Police usually don't have the resources to track down each and every case. Computers, especially laptops, are items regularly stolen.
The other issue you are likely to run into is lack of resources within the law enforcement area. Of course, this all assumes the people who are using the computer are not smart enough to hide their real IP or even that those who used the computer are the same people who stole it. In some countries, organisations don't retain log records for long to prevent the costs and complications that can arise from court discovery orders etc. IP addresses are frequently allocated dynamically and being able to track who was using a specific IP at a specific time depends on how good/reliable (and possibly how far back) log records are maintained. This can become tricky if there are state/country boarders involved. Many companies and ISPs will only provide subscriber information when instructed to by a court etc. At the very least, it will likely involve a lot of red tape. The ability to provide an IP address to law enforcement might be able to help in tracking down the computer, but no guarantees. Others may not have surveillance video, or it may have been overwritten, or they may just not want to provide it. Some companies are willing to help because they are also victims of fraud, and view it as doing our part to protect each other.
We've met with limited success on enlisting other businesses to let us use their security camera footage. It is possible, but very, very time-consuming, and the amount of time spent isn't always justified, given limited resources. You've generally got to have enough login instances, and be able to review the video for multiple time frames to figure out who is in each of the videos and then try to identify the perpetrator. At that point, you often need to enlist the aid of those locations to review surveillance footage. Also, if they are logging on from public locations, it becomes exceedingly difficult. Savvy criminals will, however, use anonymizers and other tools/approaches to mask themselves to make the process much more difficult. As long as the ISP knows who connected when, they can be of assistance. They usually require a warrant, but that is usually not difficult for law enforcement to get. Generally, ISPs will work with law enforcement in cased of known fraud or theft.
Usually, the IP address is enough to trace the connection back to the ISP (Internet Service Provider). We've got a high success rate, but we can't catch them all. We work with police to catch criminals based on their IP address on a regular basis.
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