The latest figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) for the year ending March 2023 show that total crime fell by 15 per cent compared with pre-Covid 19 pandemic levels.

However, despite no significant change in fraud overall, there was a 549 per cent increase in advance fee fraud (from 60,000 to 391,000 offences) compared with the year ending March 2020.

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