Areas in the UK with the highest rates of cybercrime
A bird's-eye-view of cybercrime across the most targeted areas
The UK has seen a slight decrease of -2.97% in cybercrime over 2021. Find out below which area of the country you are most at risk of falling victim to one, and how it compares to last year’s data.
Read more about UK Cybercrime report 2022
Data source: The cybercrime data was sourced from the City of London Police’s NFIB Fraud and Cyber Crime Dashboard and refers to crimes committed during 2020 and 2021. The population data was sourced from ONS Crime in England and Wales data.
The most common types of cybercrime in the UK
Hacking accounts for a staggering 85% of the total reported cybercrimes, a 10% increase year on year.
The targeting of social media and email account made up more than half of reported cybercrimes in 2021, with 13,522 reported victims.
Computer viruses came second with slightly over a quarter of the total (28%) at 7,156 down 11.7% from last year and personal hacking comes in third place at 5,25 (19.3%) falling by 4.6% year-on-year.
