Road Freight Crime by Goods Type

Property is now classified in seven primary categories in order to achieve a common EU standard in accordance with both Home Office recommendations and European Council of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) guidelines in a paper entitled 'Theft of Goods and Goods Vehicles' CEMT/CM(2001)19. They are:

A Electronic / Electrical
B Clothes and Shoes
C Food and Beverages
D Household Goods
E Alcohol
F Cigarettes
G Miscellaneous / Other

In addition to these, TruckPol has introduced the following sub-categories to assist in analysis of thefts of commodities which are of particular interest to the UK:

A1 Computer Equipment
A2 Mobile Telephone Equipment
G1 Building / Plant / Industrial / Machinery / Automotive
G2 Art / Antiques
G3 HAZMAT / Chemicals
G4 Diesel Fuel

Household Goods (D) are any items that can commonly be found in domestic use and include furniture, kitchen equipment, toiletries and cleaning products amongst other things.

Buildings /Plant/Machinery (G1) comprises items which are industrial/commercial and includes car
and machine parts, aluminium, glass and so on.