Our home is in the middle of 14 acres, and our postman, Marshal, drives down the driveway to leave packages on the porch. No problems with stolen packages. I was nervous about shipping a quilt for fear that it would get lost in transit!
If I did have a problem, I would use the rotten meat trick!
On a different note, My daughter lives in Austin. They had a problem of bombs being delivered a while back. I told her not to order during that time.