Freight: Crime
Commons · Question 90423 · Tabled 12 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Tom Gordon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in freight-related crime; and what measures her Department are implementing in collaboration with (a) police forces and (b) industry to reduce
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 19 Nov 2025
We fully recognise the serious and growing threat that freight crime poses to businesses, drivers, and the wider economy. This Government is determined to crack down on it. The incidence of cargo theft, where criminals rip the sides of lorries and take th...