Seven people defrauded every minute
Official crime figures ‘failing to report 4m fraud cases’ meaning total number of offences should be 50% higher.
Seven people are defrauded every single minute, according to shock new research by the Office for National Statistics.
The true scale of crime across Britain is being distorted because almost four million frauds are being left out of official figures.
If bank and credit card fraud were included in the annual Crime Survey for England and Wales, the estimated number of annual offences would jump by 50 per cent – taking the total from 7.3 million to 11 million offences a year