My laptop, stolen from my office in a break-in some months ago, has appeared on the internet - the logmein remote control software is installed on it - and the logmein website revealed that it has been connected to the internet at 82.44.217.252 - which is an Virgin Media cable modem address - a DNS reverse lookup gives:
82-44-217-252.cable.ubr10.haye.blueyonder.co.uk

I am reluctant to take control of the machine using the logmein remote control in case by entering my username and password I effectively give them access to the machine if they don't already have it.  Surprised they haven't reinstalled it from scratch yet.

Obviously I have told the Thames Valley police, but I get the feeling that they don't really understand the implications, and it won't get to the right people quickly enough for anyone to be caught in possession.

What can be done to identify this address?  It must be a particular house?
I'd love to give the police the address for them to go to.  Virgin Media say thay have to wait for the police to approach them because of Data Protection.

Any suggestions?

Here in the States, I would recommend avoiding the local authorities and going directly to the FBI's Cyber Crimes Division. They take this stuff seriously and are much more knowledgeable of these types of cases. Of course they have a dollar amount threshold that must be met before they take on the case, but this would also include the "value" of the data in addition to the "cost" of the hardware.

Being that you are in the UK, I don't know what agency would most resemble this, but I thought I'd share anyway.

Hope this helps,
Don