Does Crime Stoppers Work? The answer is quite simply yes. ... Since the start of Crime Stoppers, many calls have been received resulting in thousands of arrests and recovery of substantial amounts of property. Calls have included information about murder, robbery, rape, assaults, drug and firearm offenses.

Are Crime Stoppers effective?

It has been highly successful, with over 4,300 arrests to date.

Can anonymous tips be traced?

Is the anonymous tipper at risk of being found out? ... Yes, a criminal defense attorney can find out someone's identity if they called the police and made an anonymous tip. But, the caller can also be listed as a “confidential witness.”