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With a recent survey suggesting that more then half of all UK motorists have been the victim of vehicle crime, criminal activity against the motoring community is thriving. A significant percentage of these many vehicle crimes involves offences of damage or theft against commercial vehicles.

The fact that they often contain valuable tools of the trade and very expensive specialist items is one of the many reasons thieves target venerable commercial vehicles. Stock and merchandise can be hard to trace or track, and can be sold for a hefty profit on the sly; with many commercial vehicles used to transport such goods, they are attractive targets for thieves. The most distressing crimes for the victims occur when domestic items, such as electronic items and home furnishings are stolen from commercial vehicles; these items are also almost impossible to trace, and are very easy to sell as second hand, making the commercial vehicles used to transport them make particularly appealing targets to criminals.

When broken into, the actual commercial vehicle itself is also at risk of being stolen. By selling the commercial vehicle on, or by having it dismantled in a chop-shop, a criminal can make a lot of money, as tens of thousands of pounds are what a lot of commercial vehicles are worth.

Many commercial vehicles also have infamously poor security, the five pin lock system that dominated the commercial vehicle market for many years was notoriously easy to break into, and made the vehicles highly vulnerable against criminals. The speed and stealth many of these criminals can work with when it comes to braking into commercial vehicles means this type of theft is rife across all of Britain.

Due to these factors, insuring the content of many commercial vehicles, especially light commercial vehicles, is virtually impossible. It is far more practical and far more cost effective for the owner of a commercial vehicle to invest in specialist security locks and deterrents in order to strengthen the vehicles security and protect it from the criminals.

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