It's about time cybercrimes appeared in crime figures if we are to take the problem seriously

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 08:00 in Psychology & Sociology

The dramatic 40% increase in the recently published crime statistics for England and Wales might appear an abrupt end to the year-on-year decline in crime rates over the past 20 years or so. But in fact this substantial leap is explained by the inclusion for the first time of estimates of online fraud and cybercrime in the official statistics.

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