Crime Stoppers. Is there any point

Hi, has anyone out there ever used Crime Stoppers? The people down the road steal from others on a regular basis. The things that I'd see the most were mountain bikes, ebikes and motorcycles. They would store them in their garage. A few months ago I decided to report it to CS. Nothing ever happened and they carried on stealing. It was really frustrating to watch.However, last week they got caught, they stole something with a GPS tracker in. The police came and found some other stolen stuff. Its great they got caught but only because of the tracker and not because of my reporting. Unfortunately this could have been stopped sooner, when I first reported it. I thought it was an easy catch. Has anyone else had any luck (or no luck) with CS. Is there any point in even having it?