ID THEFT PROTECT - Identity Theft and Identity Fraud Statistics

Four in ten users are happily divulging private data to strangers on Facebook. (2007 - Sophos)

One in 10 people in the UK has been a victim of identity fraud. (2005 - Which?)

Identity fraud has grown by 500% since 2000, and is now the UK’s fastest growing crime. (2005 - CIFAS)

On average, each identity fraud in the first half of 2007 involved the loss of £680. (UK Experian Study, 2007)

Cases of ID theft in the first half of 2007 were 68 per cent higher than 2006. (UK Experian Study, 2007)

Note: Statistics are in ascending month order.

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