My idea is that, when a spammer or leecher is banned the reported post gets deleted or there posts get deleted. I'm not sure if this would effect forum post count but the only posts that are deleted are from people who are banned under leeching or spamming. This is because they make threads look bad, even if it shows that the staff are active. It's a shame to see these dotted around on most threads on the site.
Sorry is this has been suggested before and denied if so, remove/close.