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Ups and downs of crime
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Figures from the anti-truck crime unit reveal the cost of crime in the second quarter — and TruckPol insists it's making a difference. Jennifer Ball report.
TRUCKS AND LOADS worth almost £.17m were stolen in just three months of this year, according to figures from freight crime unit TruckPol.
The figures for April to June also show that truck crime has a fallen 35% over the past year — but is still up by 50% when compared with 2003.
There were 649 reported incidents of truck crime during the second quarter; down from 877 in the same period last year. However, this is still much higher than the 203 incidents reported in the same quarter of 2001 Reported incidents during the second quarter this year included 12 hijacks and attempted hijacks, compared with l8 in the same quarter of 2004, and 12 in 2003.
A total of 211 vehicle thefts were also reported, compared with 556 in the same period in 2004, and 203 in 2003.
The TruckPol report puts the average loss per incident at /28,937, but the total value of all trucks and loads stolen in the quarter was almost £17m.
Truck Pol warns that deception and diversion thefts have increased, despite repeated warnings to operators not to give out information on deliveries and timetables without verifying who they are speaking to.
TruckPol's DC Mark Galliers insists that the unit is having an impact: "We are definitely making a difference. If! thought other wise I wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.
"We've made inroads with all the police forces across the country and are now receiving a better flow of information," he adds,"However, we still need the haulage industry on our side if we are to continue to be successful."