I had it happen to me out of my own mailbox. I am using my business po box for my home mail now. Someone just went up the street taking everyones mail. 

Never that is aweful.

Not that I know of Joan Cox . But if I have to send something of value I will only do it with insurance and delivery confirmation.

Joan,

Happened to us when we lived in Napa.  We lived in a rural area, where the mailboxes were lined up by the road.  We got wind of it when someone applied for a car loan and we got a call from the car dealer. The individual had stolen information from the Social Security office. that came in the mail to us.  We reported to the Post office, and the police.  After that, no mail was ever stolen again.  We learned the post office has an investigative arm.  A

Once around Christmas, I thought it was stolen as the website said the item was delivered and it was not! However, the next day I did receive an item.

And off-late, waiting for a mail from someone I know, has not shown up after 10 days - though not sure if it is stolen.

Not in my area.

I had sent the mail that was not received by someone - in a way, it was stolen.

I so seldom mail anything anymore, time to close down the postal service and force everyone to get email.

Fortunately not

I don't like to send gift cards or money in invitation type envelopes.  They are easily spotted as possibly something of value.  

We never mail out from our mailbox on street. We take everything to PO. Delivery here is awful. We constantly get other peoples mail, and many things we are expecting never show up. We do as much as possible online now when it comes to paying bills.