Annual Fraud Indicator: UK Fraud Loss Estimates for Public and Private Sectors

The Annual Fraud Indicator is a compendium of fraud loss indicators providing a best estimate of the scale of fraud in the UK. It is produced by the National Fraud Authority and brings together existing public estimates with new estimates to reveal hidden fraud losses. The report covers fraud against public, private, not-for-profit organizations, and individuals.

Use Cases

• Estimate the total economic impact of fraud based on aggregated loss indicators.
• Analyze fraud trends across different victim sectors (public, private, not-for-profit, individuals) as described.
• Benchmark organizational fraud risk against national-level estimates provided in the report.

Strengths

• Produced by the authoritative National Fraud Authority.
• Covers fraud against multiple victim types: public, private, not-for-profit organizations, and individuals.
• Combines existing public estimates with new estimates to address hidden fraud.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its UK-only focus.

Provenance

Source

National Fraud Authority

Collection Method

Compendium bringing together existing public estimates and new estimates produced by the NFA.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:08.279032; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom