I'm lucky to live in such a rural location, my front yard is huge and it would take some serious guts to walk all the way down to the house to steal any of my packages. I actually have it set up that my carrier leave all my packages inside my car, then he locks the doors but I also get text messages when things are delivered. I had that set up a couple of years ago during an extreme heatwave because he's an older gentleman and the thought of having him carry my packages all the way down to the house just made me worry for him. He loved the setup so much that he's had others on his route do the same thing with their packages, he likes the added security that everything is locked up tight in our cars.
It does make me sick to know there are people out there that will steal anything they can get their hands on. USPS, UPS, FedEx, all three have text alert options, signing up for an account is free and it just takes a moment or two to set it up. I even track packages back and forth from my family, you just never know anymore.