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ONS · offence group: Advance fee fraud

Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud): Advance fee fraud

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

1,493,000incidents

Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud) for Advance fee fraud totalled 1,493,000 incidents in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 467.7% (1,230,000) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A1a
  3. Advance fee fraud
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 419 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2017 to Year ending March 2026

Crime Survey incidents by offence group: Year ending March 2017 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200k400k20182020202220242026Year ending March 2017: 77,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 69,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 57,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 60,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 391,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 302,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 381,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 419,000 incidents · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

The Crime Survey for England and Wales estimate of the number of incidents experienced by people aged 16 and over and households, for every offence group in the headline table, for each survey year since 1981.

Unweighted sample sizes, the burglary sub-rows the ONS prints under more than one heading (with entry, with loss, no loss, attempts), or the survey years suspended during the pandemic.

Source

Dataset
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 9e4a930ec090b4b4…
All values
Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud) by offence group