Same hazards here. Had 3 guys roll up on me at a resi stop with some nonsense about shipping a package. As they got close I pulled my knife, opened it and put it under the diad. Seeing that they made some excuses and left.
Had to deliver to a hype house and every driver that did went in with an open knife in hand. The largest you could legally carry.
Some meth heads tried jumping me in the ghetto. Called the police, who were very good at responding to UPS, Fed-Ex and USPS drivers...they caught them. 1 year later one of the same meth heads tried it again. This time the police raided their house after catching him and I never saw them again.
We had 6 routes in that loop and everybody was having trouble on a daily basis. center manager set up a meeting with district LP to perhaps authorize an additional route so we'd all be out of the worst areas by 11 am but they never showed.
Just blew us off.