Attacks on mail carriers can be brutal and even bloody at times. The attacks are often traumatic for the postal carriers – but they also have a huge impact on U.S. Postal Service customers.
There have been at least 516 attacks on postal carriers in California since 2023, according to U.S. Postal Inspection Service data obtained by Eyewitness News through federal records requests.
The city with the most attacks on postal carriers is Los Angeles, with 55 reported assaults or robberies on a mail carrier from January 2023 through December 2024. San Francisco ranked second with 52, Oakland ranked third with 46 and 11 attacks were reported in San Bernardino…