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Fraud now exceeds all other measured crime combined

22 October 2026 · Source: ONS, Crime in England and Wales: year ending June 2026, appendix Table A1a

Line chart titled Fraud now exceeds all other measured crime combined. Two lines of Crime Survey for England and Wales estimated incidents from year ending March 2017 to year ending June 2026. A teal fraud line starts at 3.4 million in 2017, dips to 3.2 million in 2024, then climbs to 4.5 million by mid-2026. An orange line for all other headline crime starts at 6.1 million and falls to 4.3 million. The lines cross between year ending March 2025 and year ending March 2026. A shaded band marks missing survey data during the pandemic.

The Crime Survey for England and Wales estimates 4.5 million fraud incidents in the year to June 2026 - more than all theft, violence, robbery and criminal damage combined (4.3 million). Fraud is up 34% since 2017; all other measured crime is down 28%. The lines crossed between the years ending March 2025 and March 2026. Measured crime means the survey's headline categories; domestic abuse, sexual offences and stalking are measured separately, and crimes against businesses are excluded.

Every figure in this chart was read in the primary source before it was drawn.

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