Fraud investigations 443/2026

FOI Reference: 443/2026

Request:

Please include the following information for the following years 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26

1. The number of fraud cases referred to the force by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau.
2. Of those, the number actually investigated by the force.
3. The number of fraud cases (from any source) that resulted in a charge.
4. The number of fraud cases that resulted in a conviction.
5. The number of officers and staff assigned to dedicated fraud investigation roles, in each year.

Response 1:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

April 2022 – April 2023: 182

(of which 111 were protect only disseminations for safeguarding only)

April 2023 – April 2024: 268

(187 of these were protect only disseminations for safeguarding)

April 2024 – April 2025: 240

(of which 151 were protect only disseminations for safeguarding only)

April 2025 – April 2026: 188

(of which 53 were protect only disseminations for safeguarding only)

Response 2:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

April 2022 – April 2023: 50

April 2023 – April 2024: 79

April 2024 – April 2025: 83

April 2025 – April 2026: 125

Response 3:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

8

Response 4:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

1

Response 5:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

5

It should also be noted that Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force's response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 09/06/2026)