The City of London Police has opened public access to Report Fraud, a national reporting service covering cybercrime and fraud across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The service replaces fragmented reporting routes with a single platform intended to centralise victim reports and intelligence handling. Cybercrime and fraud now account for roughly half of all recorded crime in the UK, imposing costs estimated in the billions of pounds annually. Offences increasingly affect individuals, small firms and large organisations, with methods becoming more complex and cross-border in nature. In this context, the new system consolidates reporting for both fraud and cyber-enabled crime into one national gateway.
Centralised reporting and intelligence handling
Report Fraud introduces a unified process for intake, triage and analysis of reports. Information submitted through the platform is assessed centrally, with serious or complex cases flagged for specialist investigation and intelligence shared across police forces. Victims are also routed towards a consistent standard of advice and support, rather than navigating multiple agencies.
