FRAUD AND CYBERCRIME RISES IN BRITAIN, WHILE OVERALL CRIME FALLS
January 7th, 2015
Fraud offences in the UK rose 5% in the 12 months ending September 2014 year-on-year according to the country’s national fraud and cybercrime reporting centre Action Fraud. It recorded 213,000 instances: four per 1,000 (0.4%) people.The UK’s Office for National Statistics meanwhile has reported that 5.2% of bank and credit card owners in England and Wales suffered from card fraud over the same period, compared with 4.6% in 2012/2013.“This level of victimisation is higher than more traditional offences, such as theft from the person (1%) and robbery ...
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