Fraud and cyber scams cause crime total to double
Fraud was today named as the most common offence as new figures revealed that true level of crime is nearly double the previous official total.
Statistics from the Office for National Statistics show that there were 11.8 million crimes committed in England and Wales in the 12 months to the end of September.
The tally is almost twice the previous official estimate of around 6 million crimes a year because of the inclusion for the first time of annual figures for fraud and computer misuse offences.