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Ministry of Justice · offence group: Fraud offences

Prosecutions: Fraud offences

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

18,328defendants

Prosecutions for Fraud offences totalled 18,328 defendants in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 27.9% (7,102) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Q3_2
  3. Offence group=Fraud offences
  4. column “2026”
  5. 5263 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026

Prosecutions by offence group: Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05k10k201620182020202220242026Year ending March 2016: 14,099 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 12,269 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 11,925 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 8,727 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 7,857 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 4,682 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 4,164 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 3,946 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 4,275 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 4,844 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 5,263 defendants · published 30 July 2026
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What this measures

Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts in England and Wales in the twelve months ending March, split by the offence group of the principal offence.

The indictable and summary subtotals the table also prints, which are left out so the groups sum to the total.

Source

Dataset
Criminal justice statistics quarterly: overview tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 60c19d2d5ff2446d…
All values
Prosecutions by offence group