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UK Light Commercial Vehicle Crime Figures

VEHICLE
  CRIME
 
  
Facts from the PRG Crime
Detection & Protection Series
Paper 88....
                              
 47,000 Thefts
each year.
   
60% were Fords
 
£152M lost business
each year.
 
Car derived vans
account for 40%
of all theft incidents.
 
3% of companies
affected by theft
cease trading as
direct result.
  
51% of vehicles
parked at home
at time of theft.
Weekdays greater
risk of theft than
weekends.
Construction Industry
suffer more than
any other.
Around 60% of the
vans effected by
theft had alarms,
deadlocks or devices
fitted to the gearlever
or steering wheel. 
Average value of
vehicle-contents
was £1752.
 

 


   

 



         
 

In 1998, the Home Office Crime Prevention Agency published research into the theft of Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV's). The purpose of this research was to identify the extent of LCV theft nationally and to gain a greater understanding of how when and where such thefts occur.

The study revealed that in a 12 month period, 47,181 incidents of theft occurred in England, Scotland & Wales.

It was further discovered that businesses lost £152,000,000 of assets as a result of these thefts - this is not taking into account other associated costs such as increased insurance premiums, loss of business, etc.

The "Police Research Group" said in the report...

"LCV Owners should ensure that their vehicles are adequately secured. The fact that a theft can have a significant effect on a business shows that many owners cannot afford to run insecure vehicles, even if the initial outlay may appear expensive"

The report shows too, that 75% of all the thefts analysed consisted of just 8 models! The Volkswagen LT had the highest rate of theft among panel vans! {The  Mercedes Sprinter shares the same door/lock mechanism!}

Another very interesting discovery in the research was that around a quarter of all the thefts related to vehicles working in the Construction Industry. The next largest group of business sectors were the Manufacturing, Hire/Lease and Retail companies which accounted for over 25% of the thefts.

One of the most interesting sections of the report was the Vehicle Security section which looks at which levels of security were fitted to the vehicles at the time of theft. This would indicate the effectiveness of the security.

These figures suggest that certain security devices have been virtually ineffective against theft attacks and of course, having no security at all results in the highest occurrences of theft. Note that the total of the above percentage figures exceed 100% because some of the vehicles affected by theft were fitted with more than device.

The average value of the vehicle contents contained within this survey was £1752, although one LCV contained £35,000 worth of equipment!

More information can be found at Crime Reduction.gov.uk  

  
  

 

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