Research, Survey and Statistics

Young Brits are most likely to get scammed, with many victims losing huge sums of money to online shopping scams, pyramid schemes and rental fraud, a new report found.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/scams-young-people-fraud-victim-cryptocurrency-which-000140441.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

The value of fraud cases heard in the Welsh courts in 2021 reached almost £7.9m, nearly double the value of £4.1m in 2020, according to KPMG UK’s latest Fraud Barometer.

https://businessnewswales.com/fraud-cases-heard-in-welsh-courts-in-2021-reached-almost-7-9m/

Fraud victims are losing more to bank transfer scams every hour than the average UK worker earns in a year.

https://www.yourmoney.com/saving-banking/fraud-victims-lose-28k-every-hour/

Despite the lockdowns experienced last year, courts across the Midlands experienced a surge in the number of fraud cases being heard in 2021.

https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/westmidlands/news/2060619-fraud-cases-rise-despite-lockdowns

The recent resignation of the government’s anti-fraud minister, Lord Agnew, was a dramatic and critical reminder of the scale of the UK’s rampant fraud problem and its inability to tackle it.

https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/we-must-turn-the-tide-on-britains-rampant-fraud-problem

Kwasi Kwarteng has suggested the Prime Minister was not counting rates of fraud when he falsely claimed in the Commons that crime had fallen under his leadership.

The Business Secretary said Boris Johnson was referring to “personal injury and crime in relation to individuals” when he told MPs “we have been cutting crime by 14%”.

Watchdog the UK Statistics Authority says headline figures excluded growth areas of fraud and computer misuse

https://www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article/home-office-and-pm-criticised-over-misleading-crime-reduction-claims#.YgAO4rUVfqk.twitter

Latest stats show one in five people reported being the victim of a crime over 12 months

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/computer-crime-fraud-soar-suring-22892079?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

Fraud has affected 94% of mid-sized businesses in the South West and Wales in the last five years, research shows.

https://www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aanews/cost-of-fraud-hits-south-west-businesses

UK residents and businesses have seen financial losses of £2.5bn from fraud and cyber-crime over the course of the past year, a new study reveals.

https://www.cityam.com/uk-loses-2-5bn-in-fraud-and-cyber-crime-cases-during-2021/