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Seatposts and rims seem to be easier to transport and hide in transit.

Common wisdom is a seatpost gets you about $10 which helps towards one's daily fix.

Actually bike theft around here falls into two categories -- high end that are shipped out of area quickly and low end which are chopped up and "recycled" for a quick buck.

Lots of the chop shops have been found of late due to a community effort to try and clean things up.

It's easy to put a lock through a frame.. A seat post not so much so.

If i had to guess:

1. frames cost more so harder to flip

2. frames typically have a serial number (equivalency of a VIN) which make them trackable for theft.