Fraud is now the most frequent crime in the UK, with 4.5 million offences recorded in the year ending March 2022.
This marks a 34% increase from the previous year ending in March 2017. However, many police forces are not giving priority to fraud cases, as only 8% of fraud and cybercrime reports were forwarded for investigation by law enforcement. This has resulted in a minimal number of cases reaching court, with only 4,488 fraud cases heard in 2021. Experts suggest that the low detection and prosecution rates may be due to insufficient resources and inadequate training in combating fraud.
For more in-depth information on this, please refer to the original source of the article from Which? dated 25 February 2023.
