Warehouse security guide
Fewer thefts, but each one costs more. Three things a Southern California warehouse or yard manager can take from the newest numbers.
Verisk CargoNet counted 547 cargo thefts across the US and Canada in Q3 2026. That is 33% fewer than a year earlier. Estimated losses still rose 12%, to $230.1 million (Verisk CargoNet, Nov 4, 2026).
Here is what the quarter means for a warehouse, cross-dock or trailer yard in Los Angeles or Orange County. Three takeaways, one at a time.
All of these come from Verisk CargoNet's Q3 2026 report, released November 4, 2026, with data through October 23.
547 incidents in Q3 2026, down 33% from a year earlier.
Source: Verisk CargoNet, Nov 4, 2026
Estimated losses of $230.1 million, up 12% from $205.1 million in Q3 2025.
Source: Verisk CargoNet, Nov 4, 2026
The average value of stolen goods through September was up about 72%, from $261,115 to $448,456.
Source: Verisk CargoNet, Nov 4, 2026
19 thefts of $1 million or more in Q3 2026, versus 9 in Q3 2025.
Source: Verisk CargoNet, Nov 4, 2026
Fictitious pickups were 138 incidents, about 25% of reported incidents, up from 18%.
Source: Verisk CargoNet, Nov 4, 2026
California had 182 incidents, about one-third of all reported, down from 261.
Source: Verisk CargoNet, Nov 4, 2026
None of these needs new equipment. Each one is a question you can answer this week.
Every truck is logged in and checked against the records you give us. Matches go in. The rest get pulled over. Visitors are signed in and out. You see it live from your phone or laptop, and you get a summary every morning. No security company can promise nothing ever gets through. What you get is a check at every truck, and a record of it.
Galaxy is an owner-run, licensed California patrol company in Torrance (PPO #120873). For the sites we cover, see warehouse security guards in Los Angeles and Orange County, trailer yard security and mobile patrol for yards. The monthly numbers live in the SoCal Cargo Theft Brief. Want to see where your own gate stands? Book a free Blind Spot Hunt or take the Gate Scorecard.
Both, depending on what you count. Verisk CargoNet counted 547 incidents in the US and Canada, down 33% from a year earlier. Estimated losses rose 12% to $230.1 million (Verisk CargoNet, Nov 4, 2026).
A driver arrives for a load that is not theirs, with paperwork that looks real. CargoNet counted 138 fictitious pickups in Q3 2026, about 25% of reported incidents, up from 18% (Verisk CargoNet, Nov 4, 2026).
California had 182 incidents in Q3 2026, about one-third of all reported, down from 261. CargoNet names Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties for theft concentration (Verisk CargoNet, Nov 4, 2026).
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