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Cargo Crime Update September 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 – September 2020

 411 notifications of cargo crime

 £5,048,500.15 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

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 September 2020

1 All Cargo Crime Offences – September 2020

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

2 Geographical Overview - Theft from Trailer – September 2020

207 theft from trailer notifications

Figure 3: Google ‘My Maps’ to show the national spread of reported theft from trailer offences by post code in September 2020. 3 Geographical Overview - Theft from Trailer – September 2020

Google ‘My Maps’ to show the national spread of theft from trailer offences by post code in more detail

4 All Cargo Crime – Stolen Commodity Type – September 2020

Figure 4: Pie chart to show percentages of stolen cargo commodity types in September 2020.

The category Unknown has been removed and the remaining commodity types have been grouped (Other 14%) to enable the commodities with 10+ reports to be highlighted.

5 Method of Entry to Trailer – August 2020

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

6 All Cargo Crime – September 2020 – by Police Force area

Highest number of reported cargo crime offences by police force area (20 or more reports)

ESSEX 43

BEDFORDSHIRE 26

WEST YORKSHIRE 26

SOUTH YORKSHIRE 25

HERTFORDSHIRE 20

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

7 Cargo Crime – September 2020 – ESSEX

Figure 6: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode in Essex 8 Cargo Crime – September 2020 – BEDFORDSHIRE

9 Figure 7: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode in Bedfordshire Cargo Crime – September 2020 –

Figure 8: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode in West Yorkshire

10 Cargo Crime – September 2020 – SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Figure 9: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode in South Yorkshire 11 Cargo Crime – September 2020 – HERTFORDSHIRE

Figure 10: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode in Hertfordshire 12 Top (MSA) locations by 101 cargo crime reports at MSAs number of cargo crime offences

None (5) Curtain Slash (7) Toddington Services, M1, J11-12, TFMV (6) Alcohol (2) Unknown (1) Dunstable, Bedfordshire (9) VEH INT (3) Miscellaneous (1) Insecure Rear Door (1) Clothing & Shoes (1)

Curtain Slash (4) None (3) VEH INT (4) Unknown (2) Services, A1(M), J46, Wetherby, Alcohol (2) TFMV (4) Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (2) North Yorkshire (8) Unknown (2) Food & Drinks (1)

Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (3) , M40, J12-13, Ashorne, None (3) VEH INT (5) Fuel (2) Not Applicable (2) Warwick (5)

None (2) Curtain Slash (2) Unknown (1) Tibshelf Services, M1, J28-29, Alfreton, TFMV (5) Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (2) Alcohol (1) Unknown (1) Derbyshire (5) Cosmetics (1)

Cosmetics (2) Curtain Slash (3) Peterborough Services, A1(M), J17, Great Unknown (1) TFMV (5) Unknown (2) North Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Miscellaneous (1) Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (1) (5)

14 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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