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<p>How police record cyber crime on their systems is an operational matter for individual
police forces.</p><p>Experimental statistics on offences recorded by the police in
England and Wales which were flagged as “online crime” are published quarterly by
the Office for National Statistics in the statistical bulletin Crime in England and
Wales. The latest statistics, covering year to September 2017 can be found here:</p><p><a
href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesexperimentaltables"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesexperimentaltables</a></p><p>Work
is ongoing with forces to improve the quality of the data submitted in this collection.
There are some large variations in the proportion of offences flagged by each force
depending on crime type and there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that the flag is
currently underused. Therefore, going forward, with improved identification of online
related offences, the proportion of all offences flagged as being online related is
likely to increase.</p><p>Furthermore, offences of cybercrime may be recorded by Action
Fraud, the UK’s national fraud and cybercrime reporting centre. Cyber crime offences
(also known as offences committed under the Computer Misuse Act) are recorded in accordance
with Home Office counting rules under the relevant National Fraud Intelligence Bureau
code. These data can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/602811/count-fraud-apr-2017.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/602811/count-fraud-apr-2017.pdf</a>.</p>
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