The below showed up this morning....

 

Parcel theft is becoming increasingly common as more people shop online, with new data showing more than £370 million worth of parcels were stolen from doorsteps across the UK in the last year.

The technology company Quadient found that more than three million homes had at least one parcel stolen in the past 12 months.

The average value of stolen goods increased by 52% - rising from £66.50 in 2023 to £102 this year.

However, only one in 333 thefts are reported to the police.

So what should you do if you think your parcel is stolen?

 

https://www.itv.com/news/2024-11-26/porch-pirates-on-the-rise-what-should-you-do-if-your-parcel-is-stolen

Most I bet are stolen by those delivering them.  It doesn't help with the poor pay the delivery folk get and the time given for a huge amount of deliveries.  Leaving them on doorstep etc.  They should be handed over to the buyer or taken back unless specific instructions given.  Just leaving them on the doorstep for all to see is crazy.

i've just this minute had 2 amazon parcels left via tracking it says on my email, in letterbox...no, on milk bottle holder in full view of the road if my car was not in the way 

Where we live , out in the sticks , it's the same postcode for around 30 homes , all the homes have Names not numbered, but the amount of parcels we receive, from Amazon, Evri , DPD , for others is quite amazing .

They usually just leave them , just inside the gate in full view of anyone passing , last week in the carport 15 kg of Harrington's dog food , & last week left behind the dustbins ( which stay out on the lane) 2 x record boxes wrapped & quite large to hide for me delivered by DPD . The thing is the cheeky buggers take a photo and post to the customer's that they've actually delivered the item , It's time I started billing them for completing the delivery ( the companies not the neighbours) it's a bloody disgrace.

  On 28/11/2024 at 20:54, Happy Feet said:

Where we live , out in the sticks , it's the same postcode for around 30 homes , all the homes have Names not numbered, but the amount of parcels we receive, from Amazon, Evri , DPD , for others is quite amazing .

They usually just leave them , just inside the gate in full view of anyone passing , last week in the carport 15 kg of Harrington's dog food , & last week left behind the dustbins ( which stay out on the lane) 2 x record boxes wrapped & quite large to hide for me delivered by DPD . The thing is the cheeky buggers take a photo and post to the customer's that they've actually delivered the item , It's time I started billing them for completing the delivery ( the companies not the neighbours) it's a bloody disgrace.

I also had that problem last week with yodel ( the worst courier in the world I add ) photo taken of said envelope in a letterbox hanging out ( to me not delivered) but low and behold not my letterbox so onto  to the company who I bought the item from whose reply was we have a picture of etc etc as i said so do I but not my box this went back n two until 2 days later when low and behold the same parcel ends up in my box posted through only to find the item is crap ,totally what I didn't order am now awaiting the company to sent or refund ,the world has gone mad 

Yeh same old problem. Instructed Amazon Prime to leave in porch, so 

they dump it outside in the Snow !  Probably a third party delivery person on pittance 

Parcel dumped on the drive  sticker on the bin , again for a neighbour 5 houses back down the lane , sat where anyone could've seen it , yesterday my wife sorted this one , I didn't know of this when I posted my 1st comment .

It's an epidemic.