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Cargo Crime Update December 2020 The work undertaken by NaVCIS Freight Crime would not be possible without the assistance & funding from our financial partners.

NaVCIS receive cargo crime notifications from a number of sources namely Police, Industry, Hauliers, Insurers, Cargo Surveyors, Trade Organisations, the Road Haulage Association, and the British International Freight Association.

Cargo crime data is received regularly from 40 UK police forces on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis. Overview – Cargo Crime – December 2020

 325 notifications of cargo crime

 £5,717,281.47 combined loss value

 Theft from motor vehicle was the predominant crime type

 Fuel was the most frequently stolen commodity

 Essex had the highest number of cargo crime reports

, Oxfordshire was the MSA with the highest number of cargo crime reports

Figure 1: Heat map to show the geographical spread of reported cargo crime offences by post code in December 2020

1 All Cargo Crime Offences – December 2020

Figure 2: Pie chart to show reported cargo crime offences by offence type in December 2020

2 Geographical Overview - Theft from Trailer – December 2020

154 theft from trailer notifications

Figure 3: Google ‘My Maps’ to show the national spread of reported theft from trailer offences by post code (where provided) in December 2020. 3 All Cargo Crime – Stolen Commodity Type – December 2020

Figure 4: Pie chart to show stolen cargo commodity types in December 2020. The category Unknown has been removed and the remaining commodity types have been grouped (Other 37%) to enable the commodities with 10+ reports to be highlighted.

4 Method of Entry to Trailer – December 2020

Figure 5: Pie chart to show the method of entry (where known) for reported cargo crime offences in December 2020

5 All Cargo Crime – December 2020 – by Police Force area

Highest number of reported cargo crime offences by police force area (15 or more reports)

ESSEX 54

THAMES VALLEY 37

METROPOLITAN 18

SOUTH YORKSHIRE 17

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 16

CUMBRIA 16

The geographical spread of these offences is illustrated by the maps on the following pages

6 Cargo Crime – December 2020 – Essex

Figure 6: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in Essex 7 Cargo Crime – December 2020 – Thames Valley

Figure 7: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in Thames Valley 8 Cargo Crime – December 2020 - Metropolitan

Figure 8: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in Metropolitan 9 Cargo Crime – December 2020 – South Yorkshire

Figure 9: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in South Yorkshire 10 Cargo Crime – December 2020 - Northamptonshire

Figure 10: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in Northamptonshire 11 Cargo Crime – December 2020 – Cumbria

All 16 offences occurred at the same location in the early hours of 02/12/2020

Figure 11: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in Cumbria 12 Top (MSA) locations by 86 cargo crime reports at MSAs number of cargo crime offences

Curtains Slashed (10) Cherwell Valley Services, M40, J10, VEH INT (14) Nothing Stolen (14) 10 offences occurred Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (4) overnight on the 8th - 9th , Oxfordshire (15) TFMV (1) IT Products (1) Unknown Method (1) December

Unknown Products (8) 7 offences occurred , M25, J30-31, Grays, Curtains Slashed (8) TFMV (11) Not Applicable (2) Fuel (2) during the late evening on 14th December Essex (11) Unknown Method (1) Miscellaneous (1)

Unknown Products (4) Birchanger Green Services, M11, J8, Curtain Slashed (6) Children’s Toys (2) TFMV (8) Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire (8) Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (1) Machinery and Parts (1) Unknown Method (1) Household Goods (1)

Oxford Services, M40, J8A, , VEH INT (4) Curtain Slashed (3) Nothing Stolen (4) 4 offences occurred Oxfordshire (6) TFMV (2) Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (2) Alcohol (1) between the 2nd – 3rd Unknown Method (1) Unknown Products (1) December

Ferrybridge Services, M62, J33, VEH INT (3) Curtain Slashed (3) Nothing Stolen (4) 3 offences occurred Food and Drinks (1) on the 5th December Knottingley, West Yorkshire (5) TFMV (2) Unknown Method (2)

Nothing Stolen (3) 3 offences occurred , M25, J5-6, VEH INT (3) Curtain Slashed (4) TFMV (1) Cosmetics (1) during the early hours Westerham, Surrey (5) Not Applicable (1) on 14th December THEFT (1) Trailer (1) 13 At NAVCIS, we are continually striving to improve the service we provide to our partners in the cargo industry and UK law enforcement. If you have any feedback about the contents of this report, or would simply like to find out more, then please send an email to [email protected]

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