You asked
I would like to request, under the freedom of information act, the following information relating to Crime in England and Wales:
Data in Table A4 of the Appendix tables: Police recorded crime by offence in a monthly breakdown for the following:
- Fraud and computer misuse offences recorded by Action Fraud
- Fraud offences referred to NFIB by Cifas
- Fraud offences referred to NFIB by UK Finance
- Total fraud and computer misuse offences
Please provide the data for the following time frame: monthly from January 2019 until latest available data.
Please provide the data in a csv or Excel file.
Data in Table A5 of the Appendix tables: Fraud and computer misuse offences recorded by Action Fraud or referred to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau in a monthly breakdown for the following:
- Action Fraud
- Cifas
- UK Finance
- Total
Please provide the data for the following time frame: monthly from January 2019 until latest available data
Please provide the data in a csv or Excel file.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We have published monthly data between January 2019 to September 2020 for:
- Total number of fraud and computer misuse offences
- Fraud offences recorded by Action Fraud
- Fraud offences referred to National Fraud Intelligence Bureau by Cifas
- Fraud offences referred to National Fraud Intelligence Bureau by UK Finance
This can be found in the following table: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/adhocs/13227fraudandcomputermisuseoffencesrecordedbyactionfraudukfinanceorreferredtothenationalfraudintelligencebureaujanuary2019toseptember2020
The total number of fraud and computer misuse offences by month are also published alongside our quarterly bulletin in Monthly table 1 of the Crime in England and Wales: Quarterly data tables.
We do not hold data on the remainder of your request. Police recorded crime data, including fraud and computer misuse offences, are supplied to the ONS for publishing by the Home Office which is responsible for the collation of these statistics. They may be able to assist you further with the breakdowns you have requested. They can be contacted at the following email address: CrimeandPoliceStats@homeoffice.gov.uk or submit an FOI at foirequests@homeoffice.gov.uk.