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
189
190 
Soaked by the crime wave
Page 21
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
Crime by cost
TruckPol figures show that the average loss per incident during the quarter was £29,649, taking into account the value of the load and the truck. The number of wheels and tyres being stolen, together with the syphoning of diesel and theft of plant, keeps building/plant/machinery at the top of the league of most vulnerable loads. Household goods including furniture, toiletries and cleaning products remain in second place, presumably due to their ease of disposal.
Crime by type
TruckPol received 19 reports of hijacks; up from 11 in the same quarter last year. There was a sharp increase in 'round-the-corner' deceptions with 16 reports this quarter. A number of dryers reported being attacked with incapacitant sprays, causing sore throats, itching eyes and headaches when they woke up to discover their loads had been stolen. Enquiries received at TruckPol continue to demonstrate a high degree of organisation among truck thieves, who regularly travel the length of the country to commit offences and then move stolen loads miles away to foil identification by the police. TruckPol's centralised database was recently used to identify products which would otherwise have not been traced back to their owners. They ranged from food which was stolen in Hampshire; and clothing belonging to a Manchester company.
Expensive diesel
The UK remains by far the most expensive EU country in which to buy diesel. The International Road Transport Union says Luxembourg is the cheapest fuel source, at E0.76/lit. Over the past month the retail price of diesel has risen by 0.7p/lit to a UK average of 83.5p/lit. The north of Scotland continues to be the most expensive place in the UK to buy fuel, according to the AA, while the north of England is still the cheapest.