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Fraud incidents (CSEW)
Part of the Rule of Law and Safety domain. Estimated total fraud incidents per year in England and Wales based on CSEW, the largest crime type by volume.
Latest data
Latest reading
YE Mar 2026
A higher reading is treated as worse for this indicator.
Score composition
Stress score
Blended from three components: (60% weight), trend (30% weight) and volatility (10% weight). Full formula on the methodology page.
Level · 60% weight
Percentile: this metric is scored against its own history, where today sits between its best and worst recorded years.
Trend · 30% weight
Measured from the direction and size of the change between the two most recent readings.
Volatility · 10% weight
100Measured from how much this indicator has swung period on period across its recorded history.
Data confidence and provenance
Confidence and source
How much weight to put on the reading, the mean data-confidence across the component metrics (source quality, recency and completeness).
Source
Crime Survey for England and Wales
- Update frequency
- Quarterly
- Reliability
- high
Provenance
- Provider
- ONS (Crime Survey for England & Wales)
- Series ID
- CSEW fraud incidents
- Frequency
- annual
- Accessed
- 13 August 2026
Known weakness
CSEW fraud estimates have wide confidence intervals and the survey was redesigned to capture fraud more comprehensively in 2015, creating a structural break in the series.
Notes
Verified official value from ONS (Crime Survey for England & Wales) (CSEW fraud incidents), accessed 2026-08-13.
Historical values
History
| Period | Value | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.37 | |
| 2018 | 3.25 | |
| 2019 | 3.81 | |
| 2020 | 3.7 | |
| 2021 | 4.6 | |
| 2022 | 4.5 | |
| 2023 | 3.5 | |
| 2024 | 3.2 | |
| 2025 | 4.2 | |
| 2026 | 4.5 |