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Cargo Crime Update October 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

 410 notifications of cargo crime

 £7,590,950.00 combined loss value

 Theft from motor vehicle was the predominant crime type

 Fuel was the most frequently stolen commodity

 South Yorkshire 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 October 2020

1 All Cargo Crime Offences – October 2020

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

2 Geographical Overview - Theft from Trailer – October 2020

179 theft from trailer notifications

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

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

The category Unknown has been removed and the remaining commodity types have been grouped (Other 24%) to enable the commodities with 10+ reports to be highlighted.

5 Method of Entry to Trailer – October 2020

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

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

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

SOUTH YORKSHIRE 41

THAMES VALLEY 32

METROPOLITAN 32

WARWICKSHIRE 29

KENT 22

BEDFORDSHIRE 22

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

7 Cargo Crime – October 2020 – South Yorkshire

Figure 6: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode in South Yorkshire 8 Cargo Crime – October 2020 – Thames Valley

Figure 7: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode in Thames Valley 9 Cargo Crime – October 2020 – Metropolitan

Figure 8: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode in Metropolitan 10 Cargo Crime – October 2020 – Warwickshire

Figure 9: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode in Warwickshire 11 Cargo Crime – October 2020 – Kent

Figure 10: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode in Kent 12 Cargo Crime – October 2020 – Bedfordshire

12 Figure 11: Google ‘My Maps’ to show cargo crime offence locations by postcode in Bedfordshire Top (MSA) locations by 83 cargo crime reports at MSAs number of cargo crime offences

Cherwell Valley Services, M40, J10, Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (4) VEH INT (6) No Property Stolen (6) Ardley, , Oxfordshire (6) Curtain Slashed (2)

Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (2) VEH INT (4) No Property Stolen (4) All occurred on 7th , M6, J10A-11, Curtain Slashed (2) th TFMV (1) Electrical Products (1) & 16 October , (5) Unknown (1)

Warwick Services, M40, J12-13, Ashorne, VEH INT (3) Curtain Slashed (3) No Property Stolen (3) Warwickshire (5) TFMV (2) Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (1) Unknown (1) Not Applicable (1) Fuel (1)

Trowell Services, M1, J25-26, Trowell, VEH INT (3) Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (3) No Property Stolen (3) Nottinghamshire (5) TFMV (2) Curtain Slashed (2) Pharmaceuticals (1) Food and Drinks (1)

Sutton Scotney Services, A34, VEH INT (5) Curtain Slashed (5) All occurred on No Property Stolen (5) th Winchester, Hampshire (5) 16 October

Curtain Slashed (3) All occurred on 8th , M6, J3-3A, , VEH INT (5) No Property Stolen (5) th Door Seals / Padlocks Cut (2) and 14 October Warwickshire (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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