One in ten Britons falls victim to online crime

Cybercrime now "the prevalent crime in the country" with nearly six million reported offences

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New figures have revealed the true extent of cybercrime in England and Wales, with one in ten adults reported to have fallen victim to fraud or another online offence last year.

Crime data for 2015 recorded by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which covers online offences for the first time, shows there have been 5.8 million incidents. That's "far more than previously thought", says The Guardian, and much higher than the initial ONS estimate published in October last year.

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