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Cargo Crime Update November 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 – October 2020
439 notifications of cargo crime
£14,360,199.80 combined loss value
Theft from motor vehicle was the predominant crime type
Fuel was the most frequently stolen commodity
Metropolitan had the highest number of cargo crime reports
Clacket Lane Services, Surrey 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 November 2020
1 All Cargo Crime Offences – November 2020
Figure 2: Pie chart to show percentages of reported cargo crime offences by offence type in November 2020
2 Geographical Overview - Theft from Trailer – November 2020
205 theft from trailer notifications
Figure 3: Google ‘My Maps’ to show the national spread of reported theft from trailer offences by post 3 code (where provided) in November 2020. Geographical Overview - Theft from Trailer – November 2020
Google ‘My Maps’ to show the national spread of theft from trailer offences by post code (where provided) in more detail 4 All Cargo Crime – Stolen Commodity Type – November 2020
Figure 4: Pie chart to show percentages of stolen cargo commodity types in November 2020.
The category Unknown has been removed and the remaining commodity types have been grouped (Other 15%) to enable the commodities with 10+ reports to be highlighted.
5 Method of Entry to Trailer – November 2020
Figure 5: Pie chart to show percentages of method of entry type (where known) for reported cargo crime offences in November 2020
6 All Cargo Crime – November 2020 – by Police Force area
Highest number of reported cargo crime offences by police force area (26 or more reports)
METROPOLITAN 41
THAMES VALLEY 39
KENT 32
WARWICKSHIRE 30
CAMBRIDGESHIRE 28
WEST MIDLANDS 27
BEDFORDSHIRE 26
The geographical spread of these offences is illustrated by the maps on the following pages 7 Cargo Crime – November 2020 – Metropolitan
Figure 6: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in Metropolitan 8 Cargo Crime – November 2020 – Thames Valley
Figure 7: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in Thames Valley 9 Cargo Crime – November 2020 - Kent
Figure 8: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in Kent
10 Cargo Crime – November 2020 - Warwickshire
Figure 9: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in Warwickshire 11 Cargo Crime – November 2020 - Cambridgeshire
Figure 10: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in Cambridgeshire 12 Cargo Crime – November 2020 – West Midlands
Figure 11: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in West Midlands
13 Cargo Crime – November 2020 – Bedfordshire
14 Figure 12: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode (where provided) in Bedfordshire Top Motorway Service Area (MSA) locations by 80 cargo crime reports at MSAs number of cargo crime offences
Fuel (6) Not Applicable (6) Clacket Lane Services, M25, J5-6, TFMV (8) Nothing Stolen (2) Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (2) Westerham, Surrey (10) VEH INT (2) Electrical Items (1) Unknown Method (2) Miscellaneous (1)
Nothing Stolen (6) TFMV (5) Unknown Method (7) Peterborough Services, A1(M), J17, Great Clothing and Shoes (1) VEH INT (3) Not Applicable (1) North Road, Cambridgeshire (8) Fuel (1)
Rivington Services, M61, J6-8, Bolton, VEH INT (4) Curtain Slashed (2) Nothing Stolen (5) All occurred between 24-25th November Lancashire (6) TFMV (2) Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (2) Miscellaneous (1) Unknown Method (2)
Nothing Stolen (4) Trowell Services, M1, J25-26, Trowell, VEH INT (3) Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (3) Clothing and Shoes (1) Nottinghamshire (6) TFMV (3) Curtain Slashed (3) Unknown items (1)
Chieveley Services, M4, J13, Thatcham, TFMV (5) Curtain Slashed (3) Alcohol (2) Berkshire (5) Unknown Method (1) Nothing Stolen (1) Not Applicable (1) Unknown items (1) Fuel (1)
15 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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