Fraud offences (FOI ref: 2432A/25)
Request
1. The number of reported fraud offences recorded by West Midlands Police in Birmingham from January 1, 2023, to the most recent available date in 2025, broken down by fraud type (e.g., online fraud, courier fraud, romance fraud, investment fraud, etc.) where possible.
2. The number of these cases that involved individual victims versus business victims, if this distinction is recorded.
3. Any available data on geographic distribution within Birmingham (such as by district or postcode area), if feasible.
4. The number of prosecutions or charges brought relating to these fraud offences during the same period.
Response
1. The number of reported fraud offences recorded by West Midlands Police in Birmingham from January 1, 2023, to the most recent available date in 2025, broken down by fraud type (e.g., online fraud, courier fraud, romance fraud, investment fraud, etc.) where possible.
Please see as follows. However, we do not categorise by courier fraud etc. therefore we are only able to provide data by the offence title:
|
Offence title |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Grand Total |
|
Attempted - Possess/control article(s) for use in fraud(s) |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
Fraud etc |
4 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
|
Fraud, forgery etc associated with driving licence |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
Fraud, forgery etc associated with registration and licensing documents |
3 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
|
Fraud, forgery etc associated with work records |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
Fraudulent evasion of duty etc |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Fraudulently obtaining credit |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
Making or supplying articles for use in frauds |
3 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
|
Possess/control article(s) for use in fraud(s) |
3 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
|
Grand Total |
14 |
12 |
20 |
46 |
2. The number of these cases that involved individual victims versus business victims, if this distinction is recorded.
7 out of the 46 total crimes were Fraud against businesses.
3. Any available data on geographic distribution within Birmingham (such as by district or postcode area), if feasible.
|
Neighbourhood |
Total |
|
Acocks Green |
1 |
|
Aston |
4 |
|
Bartley Green |
1 |
|
Birmingham City Centre |
6 |
|
Bournville |
1 |
|
Erdington |
2 |
|
Highgate |
1 |
|
Hodge Hill |
2 |
|
Jewellery Quarter |
1 |
|
Kingstanding |
1 |
|
Ladywood |
2 |
|
Northfield |
1 |
|
Oscott |
2 |
|
Perry Barr |
3 |
|
Selly Oak |
1 |
|
Soho Road |
2 |
|
South Yardley |
2 |
|
Southside |
3 |
|
Springfield |
2 |
|
Stechford and Yardley North |
1 |
|
Stockland Green |
2 |
|
Sutton Trinity |
1 |
|
Sutton Vesey |
1 |
|
Weoley |
1 |
|
Winson Green |
2 |
|
Grand Total |
46 |
4. The number of prosecutions or charges brought relating to these fraud offences during the same period.
We are unable to provide this information as court data is not fed back into our crime recording systems. You may instead therefore wish to contact His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to request this information. Details on how to submit an FOI request to HMCTS can be found at HM Courts & Tribunals Service - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting the data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
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