What is the impact of fraud on UK businesses and consumer confidence?

Background

For some economic crime types, such as fraud, the consequences of the crime are far easier seen and felt amongst the public, communities and businesses. The existing evidence base in relation to harms resulting from fraud is therefore also more developed in some areas.

For other crime types, harms are not always as clearly defined or robustly evidenced. Being able to begin to quantify and illustrate this harm – for example to individuals, to the economy or society more generally would support our understanding of the impact of economic crime. The following questions are where research would be particularly useful to begin doing this.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Economic Crime Areas of Research Interest ARI report July 2025 1

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Related UKRI funded projects


  • Fraud During a Pandemic: Identifying and Appraising New Challenges for the Criminal Justice Response in England and Wales

    The global Covid-19 pandemic has presented new opportunities for those looking to commit fraud, capitalising on new vulnerabilities (of systems, organisations, and members of the population), propelled by sophisticated c...

    Funded by: COVID

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically focuses on fraud during the pandemic, providing insights on the impact of fraud on UK businesses and consumer confidence.

  • FRAUDSIM: A fraud control optimisation tool for readjustment to the new normal

    The importance for our society to reduce criminal profit and deter future generations from finding financial crime as a rewarding lifestyle is one of the key aspects that we are envisioning to contribute with this projec...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    While the project addresses fraud control optimization during the pandemic, it does not directly focus on the impact of fraud on UK businesses and consumer confidence.

  • PreFIRST [Predictive Fraud Identification and Reduction Statistical Technology]

    Automotive Fraud is a major source of crime in the UK and opportunities for fraud are increasing rapidly with the growth in e-marketing and online services. Based on National Fraud Authority statistics the estimate for a...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on predictive fraud identification in the automotive sector, which is related to fraud impact but does not directly address the question about the impact on UK businesses and consumer confidence.