Terms Used

Road Freight Crime is recorded in six categories:

Warehouse
Burglaries of commercial premises

Hijack
Occasions where force or violence is used or threatened against a driver and the vehicle is stolen with the load

Theft
Where an unattended vehicle and/or load are stolen

Attempted Theft
Relates to attempts to steal the vehicle and/or load but where suspects are unable due to complete the theft

Round the Corner
Relates to deceptions where drivers are deceived into delivering elsewhere than to the intended destination

Jump Up
Thefts of load from stationary vehicles eg. curtain slash or delivery vehicle left unlocked/unattended