I think it's less you are cutout for a thief, and you just not considering thieves are real people with functioning brains. Any rational human will do some risk

I think it's less you are cutout for a thief, and you just not considering thieves are real people with functioning brains. Any rational human will do some risk/reward analysis. Furthermore, Apple introduced Activation Lock in iOS 7 in 2013. I doubt any statistics would show a "drop" given smartphone growth exploded over that same time period. Lastly it seems iPhone theft, today, has been regulated to more sophisticated crime rings who will go through the trouble of sending the phones to china where they can be either stripped for parts or trying to trick the original owner into unlocking the phone.