Was the phone locked?
Did the thieves know, surreptitiously learn, or trick you into
- Revealing your pass code?
- Revealing your Apple ID and Apple ID password?
- Removing the phone from the list of devices associated with your Apple ID? (Beware of "phishing" by criminals pretending to be "Apple Security" or some such, who claim to want to reunite you with your phone, but actually want to fool you ihelping them "make your phone their own")
If it was passcode locked, and you had Find My turned on, and you made a request to mark the phone as Lost, and the thieves don't have any of your credentials, and it is still associated with your Apple ID, then they may be a little frustrated around now.