A work van is a toolbox on wheels, and thieves know it. They are not always after the van itself. Often they are after what is inside: the drills, the test gear, the copper, the stock for the next job. A tradesperson’s van can carry tens of thousands of dollars in tools, and replacing them is the least of it. The real damage is the jobs you cannot do while the van and its contents are gone. Protecting the van means protecting your livelihood.
Why vans are such easy targets
Vans get parked in predictable places: outside your home overnight, at the curb on a job, in a depot yard. That gives thieves time and privacy. Older vans get broken into for the tools. Newer vans with keyless entry get taken whole in under a minute using a relay attack that copies your key fob signal from outside your house. No broken glass, no alarm, just an empty space in the morning.
Steering locks and factory alarms do not stop a determined crew. They slow down an opportunist, but the people who steal vans for a living work fast and quiet. That is why recovery and immobilization matter more than another lock.
Hardwired protection for a van that works every day
A work van has permanent power and gets driven daily, so it should be hardwired. That gives you live tracking, full journey history, and around-the-clock monitoring with no battery to worry about. ScorpionTrack Standard is the baseline: professionally fitted, monitored recovery, insurance approved.
If your van uses keyless entry or push-button start, step up to Secure. It adds two Automatic Driver Recognition tags that defeat relay and keyless theft, so the van can tell the difference between you and someone who cloned your fob. For the strongest protection, Elite adds automatic and remote immobilization, so a thief who beats the locks still cannot drive the van away.
We contact you, you do not have to notice first
This is what separates a monitored system from a cheap tracker that pings an app. Your ScorpionTrack van is watched 24/7 from our Secure Operating Center. If it moves when it should not, we contact you to check it is not just an early start or a colleague. If it is a genuine theft, we coordinate the recovery with law enforcement.
You do not have to spot the theft, remember which app to open, or make the call in the middle of the night. For a van parked outside your house while you sleep, that watching is the whole point.
Prevention beats recovery
Getting the van back is good. Never losing it is better. Every hour it is gone, the tools get sold, the van gets stripped or shipped, and your booked jobs slip away. Immobilization on the Elite tier means the theft stops before the van moves. For a tradesperson, that is the difference between a normal Tuesday and a lost week explaining to customers why you cannot come.
Which tier for your van
- Standard for a hardwired daily-use van that needs monitored recovery.
- Secure if your van has keyless entry or push-button start.
- Elite for high-value tool loads or vans parked in exposed spots overnight, adding immobilization.
Every tier is insurance approved and British engineered, protecting vehicles since 1973. Compare the range on our products page. If you run more than one vehicle, read our guide to fleet GPS tracking for small business, and if you also run pickups, see GPS trackers for trucks.