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Porch pirates swiped more than $1.2 billion worth of deliveries from New York households – making the Empire State second-worst in the US for package theft in 2025, a study shows.
Of an estimated 104.3 million unattended packages stolen from homes, apartment buildings and mailrooms nationwide last year, New York recorded 7,828,212 snatchings, resulting in about $1.29 billion in losses, according to SafeWise’s 2025 US Package Theft Report.
The Empire State also topped SafeWise’s household incident rate, with 965 thefts per 1,000 households.
California led the shocking report as the worst state for package heists, with doorstep crooks pilfering a whopping $1.54 billion worth of deliveries in 2025 across 11,824,411 hits, the study showed.
The Golden State also ranked third in household cases, with 837 thefts per 1,000 households, trailing Pennsylvania at 944.
Texas ranked third in the study with $1.19 billion in losses and 6,011,349 incidents, followed by Florida with $984 million and 6,417,831 snatchings, while Pennsylvania closed out the top five worst states with $661.9 million in losses and 5,231,008 capers.
Michigan, Ohio, Georgia, Illinois and North Carolina also rounded out the top 10, recording a combined total of more than $2.18 billion in losses across 15,448,384 reported cases.
SafeWise estimated that the staggering number of heists resulted in $14.9 billion in consumer losses and around 90.8 million theft incidents.
The 10 states with the highest estimated value lost to package theft were:
Shane Margerson, owner of online retailer Ecigone, said digital sellers are also impacted by the eye-watering number of package theft and losses, noting that it triggers replacement requests, delivery disputes and additional customer service work.
“The safest delivery is one that is not left sitting in plain sight,” he said, advising customers to use tracking alerts, collection points, lockers or signed-for delivery when placing an order.
“For online retailers who deliver packages to customers, clear delivery choices matter. If a parcel is valuable, age-restricted or time-sensitive, shoppers should think about where it is going before they click buy,” Margerson continued.
“Sending it to a secure pickup point can be a lot less stressful than hoping it is still on the porch when they get home.”
