UK CARGO SECURITY, FROM POL TO POD WITH COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE JOURNEY, USING PROFESSIONAL CARGO SECURITY OFFICERS, DEDICATED COVERT ESCORT VEHICLES, TRACKING SYSTEMS AND IN-VEHICLE CCTV.
CARGO SECURITY UK
As at 1st March 2022 the following are worrying figures for 2022 in the UK so far:
547 HGV and Cargo Crime Notifications
£8m - Cost price loss value of HGV and Cargo related thefts
£14,233 - Average cost price per incident
The cost of having a mobile security unit travelling with your high value cargo is minimal compared to dealing with an incident of theft or hijack.
SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY
SECURITY ESCORT
CARGO CRIME
THE UK IS THE NUMBER 1 LOCATION FOR CARGO CRIME THROUGHOUT EUROPE.
The cost of having a mobile security unit travelling with your high value cargo is minimal compared to dealing with an incident of theft or hijack.
With over 4460 reported cargo crime incidents in 2020, 3100 high value, up from 1199 in 2019 the UK accounts for over 79% of all reported high value cargo crime throughout Europe, the annual rise in UK cargo crime is a continuing trend. There was an estimated value of more than £92 million worth of cost loss due to cargo theft in the UK during 2020. The largest theft was the loss of Computers valued at over £8.5m, 8 Incidents involved theft of over £500k and a further 86 Major losses of over €100,000, with an average loss of £500k for major incidents.
The greatest concentration of criminal activity continued to be focused in areas from the east coast ports, as well as around Greater London, on the major motorways, motorway services and truck stops connecting the South and Midlands regions of
the country, and into the North West.
Of the major losses identified earlier 9 were seven-figure losses. The 86 major losses in the UK cost more than £46m in product losses, led by:
• Computers/Laptops – total losses of over £9.5m
• Phones – total of over £5.5m
• Clothing & Footwear – total of over £4m
• Tobacco – total of over £3m
• Food & Drink – loss of nearly £3.5M
In over 55% of crimes, the types of goods stolen were not recorded or were classified as miscellaneous but the following are recognisable as major targets:
• Tobacco – 365 incidents
• Food & Drink – 295 incidents
• No Load (Theft of truck and/or trailer) – 220 incidents
• Clothing & Footwear – 123 incidents
Cargo thefts were recorded in a further 14 product categories in the UK in 2020