The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that there were almost six million instances of cyber-crime and fraud recorded in England and Wales in the year ending March 2016.
During the period, two million computer misuse offences were recorded on top of 3.8m fraud offences. Overall, ONS estimates a total of 6.3m crimes in the period – notably a six per cent decrease.
Londoners were found to be slightly more at risk than those in other areas although John Flatley, head of crime statistics at the ONS, said that the “risk is spread across all demographics”.
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Source: The Drum
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