USPIS arrests

4,728

arrests

In 2023 Postal Inspectors reported 4,728 arrests and 4,103 convictions related to postal crimes, primarily those involving mail theft, assaults and robberies of employees, mail fraud and prohibited mailings.

* | Tags: Inspection service USPS Fact #41 | April 22, 2024

Keeping America’s postal system secure — 2023 stats

  • More than $600,000 in misappropriated or stolen mail transport equipment recovered.
  • 1,804 suspicious mail incidents investigated.
  • 2,001 arrests for illegal narcotics.
  • 6,721 responses to reports of violent criminal activity, including 576 credible threats and assaults against postal employees. 450 arrests. 306 convictions.
  • 1,566 assets seized, worth more than $402 million.
  • Six investigations into the use of mail in the sexual exploitation of children. Three arrests. Five convictions. To date, more than 20,000 child sexual abuse victims identified.
  • More than 1 million items, including 378 terabytes of data, examined by forensic scientists and specialists in the Postal Inspection Service’s Forensic Laboratory Services. 2,262 suspects identified.