d 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 Toddington Services 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 – WEST YORKSHIRE 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 Motorway Service Area (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) Wetherby 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) Warwick Services, 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] 15.