SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — There was a time when business owner Maryo Mogannam thought his postal service shop, The Postal Chase, would become irrelevant as online sales became more popular. But, to his surprise, he’s had to expand instead, as more and more of his customers needed a safe place to have their packages delivered.
“My biggest customers live within a block and a half from here, some of them work from home,” he said.
But, many complained that their deliveries were being left on the porch with no regard for security.
“Average porch pirate in the 90s would have to cruise three or four blocks for one or two packages. Now, you cruise down one block, you probably have five or six maybe ten opportunities,” he said.
As Cyber Monday sales continue to grow every year, incidents of package theft are also on the rise. According to a recent report by SafeWise, a security solutions company, 26 million Americans fell victim to porch pirates just in 2017.
Here are the top ten metros where porch pirates struck most:
1. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
2. Salt Lake City
3. Portland
4. Baltimore
5. Seattle-Tacoma
6. Chicago
7. Austin
8. Denver
9. Los Angeles
10. Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto
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