In the days leading up to the national celebrations last September, the auto transport industry faced an increase in the theft of vehicles and merchandise. Contrary to this trend warned by Overhaul , the days after the Grito de Independencia had a more moderate accident rate.
In its report for last September, Overhaul announced that cargo theft in Mexico increased 6.8% compared to the previous month, August 2024, while in reference to September 2023 the increase was 4.6 percent.
The analysis and intelligence firm, Overhaul, highlighted that crimes against motor transport were evenly distributed throughout the weeks with peaks before the national holidays and the end of the month.
“Between September 14 and 16, when the national holidays were celebrated, cargo theft activity decreased considerably,” it stated in its monthly report, as can be seen in the following graph.
The central region remains the region with the highest incidence, concentrating 60% of the incidents, while the Bajío region contributed 20% during September.
By state, for the third consecutive month, Puebla remains in first place in accidents, contributing 31% of the total, while the State of Mexico contributed 22%, meaning that between the two, they contribute more than half of the criminal events.
Since the beginning of the year, Overhaul anticipated that due to the actions undertaken against crime in the State of Mexico, there was a risk that the gangs would move to other regions, and in that scenario Puebla was seen as an area of possible increase in its records.
Overhaul analyzed that 79% of the incidence was recorded between Tuesday and Friday , with Wednesday being the one that faced the greatest situation with 22%, in contrast to what happened on Saturdays and Sundays.
In the following graph, it can also be seen that the hours of greatest risk are at night, while the most affected configuration is tractor-trailers.
During September 2024, peaks were recorded between 05:00-10:00 hours (30%) and 18:00-22:00 hours (25%).
By type of merchandise, the Food & Beverage category (27%) remains the most affected, followed by Construction & Industrial (10%) , while Auto & Parts was in third place with nine percent.
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