Number of fraud investigations 226/2022
FOI Reference: 226/2022
Request:
1. How many fraud crimes were recorded (or accepted from NFIB/ActionFraud) by your force between 01/01/21 and 31/12/21?
2. Please provide the breakdown of Fraud investigations closed between 01/01/21 and 31/12/21 according to Home Office Outcome Codes (1 - 21).
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
- For the period covering 01/01/21 – 31/12/21 there have been a total of 626 fraud crimes (this figure includes both fraud crimes reported to Dyfed Powys police and crimes from NFIB/action fraud)
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, the details of which are as follows:
Please note: The below table relates only the fraud crimes closed between the period of 01/01/21 and 31/12/21 and therefore by definition does not include the number of crimes in which the investigation is currently ongoing. In addition, the number of crimes closed in the below table does not reflect the number of crimes outlined in response 1; this can be explained by the fact that there may be instances in which a fraud crime occurred in 2020 but closed 2021.
|
Outcome |
Total |
|
10 Formal action not in public interest (Police) |
7 |
|
13 Victim or key witness dead/ too ill |
2 |
|
14 Victim declines/unable to support action - named suspect not identified |
65 |
|
15 Victim supports action but evidential difficulties |
81 |
|
16 Victim does not (or has withdrawn) support - named suspect |
88 |
|
18 Investigation Complete: No suspect identified |
318 |
|
1a Charged |
3 |
|
1b Reported for Summons |
7 |
|
1c Summons |
35 |
|
20 Other agency dealing |
34 |
|
21 Further investigation to support formal action not in the public interest - police decision |
3 |
|
22 Diversionary, educational or intervention activity |
4 |
|
2b Youth Conditional Caution |
1 |
|
3b Adult Conditional Caution |
2 |
|
8a Adult Community Resolution |
8 |
|
8c Youth Restorative Disposal |
1 |
|
9 Prosecution not in public interest (CPS) (all offences) |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
660 |
It should be noted that owing to the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such matters the information provided may or may not be accurate.
Police Forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recoding criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the 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 06/04/22)