December 11, 2025 | Incident and Crime Statistics , Arrests
Request Number: FOI/16310
Category: Incident and Crime Statistics - Arrests
Subject: Fraud Related Crimes
Request and Answer:
Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Act we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does hold information to which your request relates. The decision has been taken to disclose the following.
Question
I would like to submit a refined request with information pertaining to a person charged with at least one offence classified to Fraud- National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) or Fraud-Other):
· Year of charge
· Gender of persons charged
· Age bracket of persons charged
Answer
The information provided below is a count of persons arrested, processed through police custody and subsequently charged with at least one offence classified to Fraud-NFIB or Fraud-Other from the offence classifications available in the Department of Justice Principal Offence table.
The information has been provided for the period 1 January 2020 - 30 September 2025.
Number of persons charged1 with at least one offence classified to Fraud-NFIB or Fraud-Other in Northern Ireland (1 January 2020-30 September 2025)
| Gender | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 1 Jan - 30 Sept 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 34 | 26 | 34 | 42 | 36 | 23 |
| Male | 159 | 154 | 157 | 175 | 175 | 145 |
| Not recorded | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 193 | 180 | 192 | 217 | 211 | 168 |
| Age | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 1 Jan - 30 Sept 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 21 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 9 |
| 21-30 | 78 | 75 | 54 | 68 | 57 | 47 |
| 31-40 | 60 | 51 | 65 | 80 | 77 | 68 |
| 41-50 | 19 | 25 | 37 | 38 | 30 | 31 |
| 51-60 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 |
| Over 60 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Not recorded | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 193 | 180 | 192 | 217 | 211 | 168 |
1Arrested and processed through police custody and subsequently charged
A person may be arrested multiple times in a year or across the years. Data provided is a count of persons per year, there are 1,090 unique individuals and 1,202 unique custody records.