Businesses in the UK lost more than £2.1 billion in the past year to fraud
Money.co.uk business insurance experts have released their first Business Fraud report, which uncovers that in the past year the average losses for UK organisations to fraudsters was more than £2.1 billion!
The report analyses police figures on organisational fraud and cyber crime to reveal what types of crime targeting businesses and other organisations are on the rise in the UK, where it’s happening, and what kinds of organisation it’s affecting the most.
2022-23’s Quarterly organisational fraud and cybercrime figures
Q2 2022
Q3 2022
Q4 2022
Q1 2023
Number of reported cases
8,559
10,259
9,927
10,410
Reported losses
£695,300,000
£989,700,000
£319,500,000
£145,800,000
Q3 2022 saw the highest value of reported losses, accounting almost half (46%) of the losses of the previous 4 quarters put together – though in terms of the number of reported cases, the most recent quarter was the highest. In total organisations in the UK lost more than £2.1 billion over the previous 12 month period.