Evri parcel left partly protruding from a front-door letterbox, illustrating unattended home delivery and poor parcel security.

Evri parcel left partly protruding from a front-door letterbox, illustrating unattended home delivery and poor parcel security. Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

3FC8BX2

File size:

57.1 MB (2 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

22 August 2026

Location:

England, UK

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Evri parcel is left partly protruding from the letterbox of a domestic front door in Cheshire, England, creating an immediately visible example of insecure home delivery and poor parcel placement. Rather than being pushed fully through the letterbox, handed to the recipient, left with a neighbour or placed in a genuinely secure safe location, the cardboard package remains exposed outside the property and can easily be seen from the street or approach to the house. The scene illustrates common concerns around last-mile delivery, online shopping, courier standards, parcel security and the customer experience of residential deliveries. A package left in this position may be vulnerable to opportunist theft, weather damage, interference or accidental loss, particularly if the occupant is away from home for several hours. The image is useful for editorial coverage of parcel theft, porch piracy, insecure deliveries, courier complaints, ecommerce logistics, consumer frustration and the growth of unattended home deliveries associated with internet retail. The visible shipping label and brown cardboard packaging reinforce the everyday nature of modern parcel distribution, while the traditional front-door letterbox highlights the practical difficulty of delivering larger items safely when nobody answers. The photograph can also illustrate debates about proof of delivery, delivery reliability, safe-place instructions, final-mile logistics, customer service and whether parcels have genuinely been left in an appropriate secure location. Evri, formerly known as Hermes in the UK, is one of the country’s major parcel delivery operators and handles large volumes of residential ecommerce traffic. This Cheshire example provides a clear visual metaphor for careless or inadequate delivery practice, with the parcel neither fully delivered inside the property nor hidden from public view, leaving household goods exposed and potentially accessible to passers-by.