COMMERCIAL ROBBERY ANALYSIS REPORT December 2012

CVIT attacks and cash robberies against banks, building societies and post offices

SUMMARY:

2012 January - December number of incidents loss 641 7,625,955

2011 January - December 646 8,635,269

Prepared by the British Bankers Association on behalf of the Cash Security Liaison Group

Contact:

Janine Randolph Statistics & Security Analyst janine.randolph@bba.org.uk 020 7216 8834

CSLG Commercial Robbery Database Analysis December 2012

In 2012 to date there were 641 robberies reported, of which 39% were attempts and 61% were full offences, with a combined loss of 7,625,955. As seen in previous years CVIT attacks continue to make up the majority of incidents. Robberies and reported losses 2001 to 2012
1,600 Post Office incidents included from 2004 Post Office losses included from 2007 1409 1330 1183 964 854 602 342 5 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 0 646 641 800 30 1409 1295 1342 25 20

1,200

10 400

incidents

loss (right hand scale)

Robberies by month

2012 robberies by type

Total branch / counter attack demand / duress snatch / across pavement attack on vehicle ram raid hijack kidnap other attempt / theft / burglary total 261 124 158 3 0 0 0 95 641 Bank 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 Building Society 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 CVIT 0 124 158 3 0 0 0 95 380 Post Office 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143

BBA Statistics

Millions

15

CSLG Commercial Robbery Database Analysis December 2012

2012 robberies across police forces
Avon & Somerset Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Cumbria Derbyshire Devon & Cornwall Dorset Durham Essex Gloucestershire Grampian Greater Manchester Gwent Hampshire Hertfordshire Humberside Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Lothian & Borders Merseyside Metropolitan - East Metropolitan - North Metropolitan - South Metropolitan - West Metropolitan - outer London Norfolk North Wales North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumbria Nottinghamshire PSNI South Wales South Yorkshire Staffordshire Strathclyde Suffolk Surrey Sussex Thames Valley Warwickshire West Mercia West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

BBA Statistics

CSLG Commercial Robbery Database Analysis December 2012

Robberies across police forces and region
region South East police force City of London Hampshire Kent Metropolitan Surrey Sussex Thames Valley Derbyshire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Essex Hertfordshire Norfolk Suffolk Cleveland Durham Humberside North Yorkshire Northumbria South Yorkshire West Yorkshire Cheshire Cumbria Greater Manchester Lancashire Merseyside Avon & Somerset Devon & Cornwall Dorset Gloucestershire Wiltshire Staffordshire Warwickshire West Mercia West Midlands Dyfed-Powys Gwent North Wales South Wales Central Scotland Dumfries & Galloway Fife Grampian Lothians & Borders Northern Strathclyde Tayside PSNI BTP not given 2012 Jan - Dec 0 5 12 198 4 4 13 5 16 2 3 19 0 4 13 6 6 4 2 3 2 3 5 2 23 4 2 88 8 27 7 4 10 2 1 5 5 4 65 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 15 0 30 0 0 641 2011 Jan - Dec 1 7 12 231 5 10 19 4 11 4 0 14 2 3 5 6 0 2 1 3 1 0 9 5 14 6 1 66 6 28 8 5 2 5 4 10 4 1 69 2 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 18 1 24 5 0 646 change on year -1 -2 0 -33 -1 -6 -6 1 5 -2 3 5 -2 1 8 0 6 2 1 0 1 3 -4 -3 9 -2 1 22 2 -1 -1 -1 8 -3 -3 -5 1 3 -4 -2 -1 2 -1 -1 0 0 1 -2 0 -3 -1 6 -5 0 -5

East Midlands

Eastern

North East

North West

South West

West Midlands

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland Other total

BBA Statistics

CSLG Commercial Robbery Database Analysis December 2012

Robberies across data providers
1000

800 BBA BSA BSIA 400 POST OFFICE

600

200

2010

2011

2012

Robberies by weapons used

2012 number firearm produced firearm intimated knife/machete sledgehammer bat/monkey wrench other weapon none total 123 31 55 11 7 65 349 641 % of total 19.2 4.8 8.6 1.7 1.1 10.1 54.4 number 95 14 50 10 7 42 428 646 2011 % of total 14.7 2.2 7.7 1.5 1.1 6.5 66.3 -

2012 police force breakdown by weapons used

50 40 30 20 10 0

Metropolitan

Greater Manchester

PSNI

Nottinghamshire

Strathclyde

Leicestershire

Knife/Machete

West Yorkshire

West Midlands

Firearm

Merseyside
BBA Statistics

Dorset

Essex