Someone's identity is stolen in the UK every two minutes.
In the same amount of time it takes to boil a kettle, fraudsters will siphon personal information from someone living in the UK — whether that’s via a data breach, successful phishing scams, or social engineering — and use this vital data to open new accounts, unlock existing ones, or make fraudulent purchases in your name.
This jaw-dropping statistic comes courtesy of the six-month update to Cifas’ Fraudscape 2025 report, which illustrates how rampant identity fraud has become in the UK, where it's now one of the most common crimes in the country today.
Cifas is a not-for-profit organisation that was set up to reduce and prevent fraud and financial crime. It describes its mission "to detect, deter and prevent fraud in society by harnessing technology and working in partnership".
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