A report from law firm Pinsent Masons said a lack of police and prosecution resources caused prosecutions to fall by 6% from 8,304 in 2016 to 7,786 in 2017. There were 273,600 fraud cases reported to Action Fraud last year.

https://economia.icaew.com/en/news/june-2018/limited-resources-blamed-for-drop-in-white-collar-prosecutions