Internet: Fraud
Lords · Question HL281 · Tabled 19 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Moraes
To ask His Majesty's Government what statistics they produce on the number of UK citizens who are victims of online fraud originating (1) within the UK, and (2) outside of the UK.
Answer
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint, 2 Jun 2026
According to the Office for National Statistics, there were an estimated 4.16 million incidents of fraud against adults in England and Wales, across 3.4 million victims in the year ending March 2025. 56% of these incidents were estimated to have some onli...