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Fraud: North East

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 September 2025UIN 71305

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of fraud-related crime rates in the North East.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

The Home Office holds data on incidents of fraud reported to Action Fraud by Police Force Area (PFA), which is published each quarter by the ONS and is available at the following link: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/policeforceareadatatables.

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