Historical trend
Trend summary
The Crime Survey for England and Wales estimated 5,155,000 combined fraud and computer misuse incidents in the year ending December 2025 (4,420,000 fraud; 735,000 computer misuse).
Trend
- CSEW fraud estimates have risen from 3,395,000 in 2016–17 to 4,420,000 in 2025, with notable fluctuation year to year.
- Computer misuse estimates have fallen from 1,953,000 in 2016–17 to 735,000 in 2025 as security practices improved.
- Combined, fraud and computer misuse represent the highest-volume crime category in the CSEW.
Context
- The CSEW fraud module covers fraud experienced by adults aged 16 and over in private households; it excludes business fraud.
- Computer misuse offences include unauthorised access, denial of service, and malware attacks.
- Source: ONS Crime in England and Wales Appendix Tables, year ending December 2025 (Table A1a).
Commentary contains no editorial judgement — describes direction, magnitude, and official projections only.
About this indicator
- Source
- Home Office
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Last updated
- 19 June 2026
- Licence
- OGL v3
- Direction
- ↑ Rising
Statistics
- Latest
- 4.9k offences
- Period high
- 4.9k offences
- Period low
- 4.9k offences
- Period average
- 4.9k offences