--- title: Freightwatch International Releases Cargo Theft Report description: Freightwatch International Releases Cargo Theft Report. Cargo crime in the US last year saw an average of more than two truck or container thefts every day. The latest figures from Freightwatch International report an average of 78 cargo theft incidents a month in 2012 – a rate of almost 2.6 per day. --- [![TranzAct Logo](https://blog.tranzact.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Redesign_images/TranzAct-Logo_200px.png?width=200&height=60&name=TranzAct-Logo_200px.png "TranzAct Logo")](https://www.tranzact.com/) # TranzAct Industry News ## Freightwatch International Releases Cargo Theft Report 1/30/2013 [10 Considerations in Choosing a Freight Audit and Payment Provider](https://blog.tranzact.com/lessons-on-life-and-logistics/10-considerations-in-choosing-a-freight-audit-and-payment-provider) Cargo crime in the US last year saw an average of more than two truck or container thefts every day. The latest figures from Freightwatch International report an average of 78 cargo theft incidents a month in 2012 – a rate of almost 2.6 per day.  Of these incidents, 760 (80.8 percent) were full-truckload or container thefts and 41 (4.3 percent) were less-than-truckload losses.  Deceptive (fictitious) pickups, on the rise since the start of FreightWatch data, peaked in 2012 at 61 incidents (6.5 percent), while there were 17 thefts from a facility, with only one including any human contact with the thieves. The report added that the number incidents involving violence remained very low, representing just 2.2 percent of all cargo theft.  FreightWatch recorded 940 cargo theft incidents throughout the US in 2012.  While only 0.53 percent lower than 2011, the highest number of theft incidents on record, FreightWatch expects that delayed incident data for 2012 will continue to flow in over the coming weeks due to delayed reporting which is consistently seen. ### Would you like to share your thoughts? [![bE](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/329734/ae2bfabc-70c7-4f77-8f11-cb2ce962d154.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/329734/ae2bfabc-70c7-4f77-8f11-cb2ce962d154) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Popular Posts ### Posts by Topic - [Carriers (3)](https://blog.tranzact.com/news/topic/carriers) - [Economy (1)](https://blog.tranzact.com/news/topic/economy) - [Logistics legislation (1)](https://blog.tranzact.com/news/topic/logistics-legislation) - [Parcel (1)](https://blog.tranzact.com/news/topic/parcel) ### About Us TranzAct helps shippers like you reduce their transportation spend while providing the tools necessary to make better business decisions on an ongoing basis. Our solutions provide shippers of all modes with freight audit and payment, reporting and TMS applications, rate negotiation and savings, contract development, consulting and analysis. - [**](https://twitter.com/TranzAct) - [**](https://www.facebook.com/TranzActTechnologies) - [**](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tranzact-technologies-inc) - [**](https://www.youtube.com/user/TranzActTechnologies) ### Popular Posts ### GET IN TOUCH We're on Your Team & We're Here to Help 360 W. Butterfield Road Suite 400 Elmhurst, IL 60126 [+630.833.0890](tel:1-630-833-0890)  [helpdesk@tranzact.com](mailto:helpdesk@tranzact.com) © 2026 TranzAct Technologies, Inc.. All Rights Reserved.