1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188 
Truckpol calls for code to show truck crime cost
Page 9
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
A SEPARATE Home Office code for reporting truck crime is needed to reflect the true cost of the offences, according to national truck-crime intelligence unit Truckpol.
DC Mark Galliers says the industry suffers from the crime being poorly policed,although truck theft is a high-profit,low-risk enterprise.
"It doesn't sit high on policing priorities," he adds. "It needs a separate Home Office code for the reporting so the crimes are not lumped in as criminal damage to vehicles or as theft from vehicles."
Galliers gives the example of an average load worth £32,000 being stolen: "Cars that get broken into daily may have only £50 or £100 of damage. If the daily car figure is added to that truck theft, the average crime figure drops considerably," he says.
"But if the £32,000 of truck crime is taken in isolation, you're more likely to get a response.
Galliers makes his points at a time when the UK is experiencing an increase in the number of truck hijackings in the lead up to the Christmas shopping bonanza.
This month a driver was held for two hours by masked men, who attacked his truck with a sledgehammer on a main road between Liverpool and Manchester and stole £350,000 worth of perfume.
• There have been reports of 92 truck hijacking incidents in the last. year • Of those, 79 were hijacks and 13 were attempted hijacks • Most of these attacks occurred in metropolitan areas • In most cases electronic goods were stolen • The total amount stolen during the year was £13,514,089