Land Registry Fraud 2015 to 2016

You asked

Please would you confirm from how many crimes of land registry fraud were reported in 2015 and 2016.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

We publish statistics on the number of fraud offences in England and Wales recorded by Action Fraud, the latest figures for which are published in Appendix table A5 in the quarterly statistical bulletin ‘Crime in England and Wales, Year Ending September 2016:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingsept2016/relateddata

While the table displays figures by type of fraud, land registry fraud is not captured as a separate category and any such frauds that are recorded by Action Fraud are included in the published figures under ‘other regulatory fraud’ and ‘other fraud - not covered elsewhere’ which include a number of other offences. We have contacted the Home Office (from whom we receive the data on Action Fraud) and they are unable to provide separate totals for each offence under these categories.

You may wish to contact the Land Registry department directly who may be able to offer some further information:

https://landregistry.custhelp.com/app/contactus_general/