2007 UK Identity Theft TrendsAccording to TheRegister.com, UK Identity theft trends have been spotted by Experian, the credit scoring and referencing firm. These trends - from 2007 - show a number of factors which should frighten many UK residents. Firstly, it seems that London is the centre of these frauds. It seems that if you live in London, you are - on average - twice as likely to become a vicitm than elsewhere in the country. In fact, it seems that people living in College Gardens, Tooting - in London - are five (yes 5!) times more likely to be a victim. Not nice. There are a few other areas of the country that seem to be at much higher risk than others. These include: Great Cambourne near Cambridge, Far Cotton, Northampton, and Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees These UK identity theft trends show that the average victim owns their own home, earns more than 50,000 per year and is aged between 26 and 45. Do you live in College Gardens, Tooting, are aged in your 30s, have a high income and own your own property? If you do... In 2007, more than 6,000 cases of identity fraud were reported to Experian - in 2006, only 3,500 were reported. In other words, identity theft appears to be growing quickly. These statistics also suggest that the majority of vicitims do not approach the police for help. In fact, in the last few months of 2007, 89 percent of these cases had not been reported to the police. This shows a worrying lack of expectation of prosecution by the police from the public. That lack of expectation is unfortunately backed up by more numbers. Of the small percentage that were reported to the police, it seems that only 6 percent resulted in a prosecution. To read more about Identity fraud statisics from the UK, please visit:
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