Insurance fraud

Release date:
2 August 2016

You asked

  1. How many people were arrested for insurance fraud in 2014?
  2. How many people have been arrested for insurance fraud in 2015?
  3. How many people were charged for insurance fraud in 2014?
  4. How many people have been charged for insurance fraud in 2015?
  5. How many people were convicted for insurance fraud in 2014?
  6. How many people have been convicted for insurance fraud in 2015?
  7. Can you please provide me with a list of your insurance fraud figures from last year?
  8. Can you please provide me with a list of your insurance fraud figures from this year?
  9. Out of all the insurance fraud committed last year (2014) how much of this was done via social media and the internet?
  10. Out of all the insurance fraud committed this year (2015) how much of this was done via social media and the internet?

We said

Table A5 in the reference table 'Crime in England and Wales: Appendix Tables' shows the number of instances of insurance fraud reported to Action Fraud (the UK’s national fraud and cyber crime reporting centre) and referred by them to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, based at the City of London Police, in the year ending March 2015 and the year ending March 2016, which answers points 7 and 8.

http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables

With regard to points 9 and 10, the ONS published for the first time in July 2016 an experimental table (E15) which shows offences recorded by the police in England and Wales which were flagged as including an online element. However, while this information is available for some offence groups, it is not currently available for fraud offences.

http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesexperimentaltables

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) does not deal with statistics relating to arrests or convictions, and therefore does not hold the information relating to points 1 to 6.

The Ministry of Justice may be able to help with the parts of your request relating to convictions and can be contacted at statistics.enquiries@justice.gsi.gov.uk

The Home Office may be able to help with the parts of your request relating to arrests and can be contacted at CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

For future reference, you do not need to use a Freedom of Information request to ask for data. It is usually quicker to simply email us at CrimeStatistics@ons.gov.uk

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