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title: "Cyber Crime Statistics 2026: FBI and FTC Losses, Complaints and Trends"
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# Cyber Crime Statistics 2026: FBI and FTC Losses, Complaints and Trends

Cyber crime statistics from the FBI show losses reached **$20.877 billion** in 2025 across **1,008,597** complaints, a **26%** increase in losses from 2024. Those totals come from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) [2025 Internet Crime Report](https://www.ic3.gov/AnnualReport/Reports/2025_IC3Report.pdf). The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) runs a separate count: in 2025 the FTC received **3 million** fraud reports from consumers, who reported **$15.9 billion** in losses.

Both totals capture only what victims chose to report. When taking underreporting into account, the FTC has estimated that the overall cost of fraud to consumers for 2024 could be as high as **$195.9 billion**. The figures below come from FBI annual reports and alerts, FTC releases, and national statistics from the UK and Australia, with every dollar figure tied to the period it covers.

## Key Takeaways

- Cyber-enabled fraud produced **452,868** complaints and **$17,697,074,980** in losses, which is **45%** of all 2025 complaints and almost **85%** of all losses reported to IC3.
- Phishing/spoofing drew **191,561** complaints in 2025, against **72,984** for investment fraud, yet investment fraud losses were **40 times** larger than phishing losses.
- Victims aged 60 and over accounted for **37.1%** of all 2025 losses reported to IC3.
- Cryptocurrency complaints totaled **181,565** in 2025, with **$11.366 billion** in losses.
- The **$679,013,183** that the FBI froze through its fund-recovery process equals **3.25%** of all 2025 losses reported to IC3.
- Approximately half of the total reported fraud losses for 2025 are attributable to investment scams in FTC data, with consumers reporting over **$7.9 billion** in investment scam losses.
- Annual losses reported to IC3 in 2025 were **4.97 times** the 2020 total.

## Editor’s Choice

- IC3 reported losses in 2025: **$20.877 billion**.
- IC3 complaints in 2025: **1,008,597**.
- FTC reported fraud losses in 2025: **$15.9 billion**.
- Average loss per IC3 complaint in 2025: **$20,699**.
- Investment fraud losses reported to IC3 in 2025: **$8,648,617,756**.
- AI-related complaints to IC3 in 2025: **22,364**.

## Cyber Crime Complaints and Losses Reported to the FBI

- IC3 logged **1,008,597** complaints in 2025 with **$20.877 billion** in losses.
- Losses reported to IC3 rose **26%** from 2024.
- IC3 now averages almost **3,000** complaints per day, up from a few thousand per month in its early years.
- Investment-related fraud was once again the largest component of these losses, followed by business email compromises and tech support scams.
- Cyber-enabled fraud accounts for **45%** of all 2025 complaints and almost **85%** of all losses reported to IC3 in 2025.
- IC3 received complaints from more than **200** countries in 2025, which accounts for almost **$1.6 billion** of the overall 2025 losses.

| Metric (2025) | Figure |
|---|---|
| Complaints | 1,008,597 |
| Reported losses | $20.877 billion |
| Increase in losses from 2024 | 26% |
| Average loss | $20,699 |
| Cyber-enabled fraud complaints | 452,868 |
| Cyber-enabled fraud losses | $17,697,074,980 |

*Source: FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report*

### About This Data

The figures are compiled from 13 sources. Eight are FBI annual reports and public service announcements, 3 are FTC releases and testimony, and 2 are national statistics and cyber agency reports from the UK and Australia. Only government and official agency data published from April 2024 to October 2026 qualified. Figures are reviewed on a rolling basis and updated when the agencies publish new editions.

## Cyber Crime Losses and Complaints by Year

- Losses reported to IC3 in 2025 were **4.97 times** the **$4.2 billion** reported in 2020.
- Losses rose **33%** in 2024, and **256,256** complaints that year reported an actual loss.
- 2025 brought **1,008,597** complaints, and losses continued to climb, surpassing the **$20 billion** mark.
- 2023 brought a nearly **10%** increase in complaints received and a **22%** increase in losses compared to 2022.

 REPORTED LOSSES · Source: FBI IC3, 2023, 2024 and 2025 Annual Reports     REPORTED LOSSES  FBI IC3 · 2023 to 2025 IC3 Reported Losses by Year ($ billions)          24 18 12 6 0   $4.2B 2020  $6.9B 2021  $10.3B 2022  $12.5B 2023  $16.6B 2024  $20.88B 2025     SOURCE FBI IC3, 2023, 2024 and 2025 Annual Reports    View the data| Year | Reported Losses ($ billions) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4.2 |
| 2021 | 6.9 |
| 2022 | 10.3 |
| 2023 | 12.5 |
| 2024 | 16.6 |
| 2025 | 20.877 |





Losses climbed every year in that series, but complaint counts did not. The complaint chart below dips in 2022 and again in 2024 before the jump to a record in 2025.

 COMPLAINTS · Source: FBI IC3, 2023, 2024 and 2025 Annual Reports     COMPLAINTS  FBI IC3 · 2023 to 2025 IC3 Complaints Filed by Year (count)          1.2M 900K 600K 300K 0   791,790 2020  847,376 2021  800,944 2022  880,418 2023  859,532 2024  1,008,597 2025     SOURCE FBI IC3, 2023, 2024 and 2025 Annual Reports    View the data| Year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 791,790 |
| 2021 | 847,376 |
| 2022 | 800,944 |
| 2023 | 880,418 |
| 2024 | 859,532 |
| 2025 | 1,008,597 |





## Recent Developments

- **October 2026:** The FBI warned that North Korean IT workers are increasingly using facilitators and have used stolen identities, extortion and threats of physical violence to demand payments.
- **September 2026:** Between January 2025 and July 2026, IC3 received nearly **61,000** complaints of law enforcement or government impersonation scams, with losses totaling more than **$1.6 billion**.
- **September 2026:** The FBI reported that since late 2025, malicious cyber actors have targeted prominent victims and their families with malicious links using “OAuth consent phishing”.
- **Year ending March 2026:** The Crime Survey for England and Wales put fraud at an estimated **4.5 million** fraud incidents in the year ending March 2026, up from **4.2 million**, a change it rated not statistically significant.
- **July 2026:** The FBI updated its warning on scammers impersonating FBI personnel who handle IC3 complaints to revictimize people who already lost money.

## Most Common Types of Cyber Crime

- [Phishing and spoofing](/cybersecurity-threat-statistics/) led all crime types with **191,561** complaints in 2025.
- Extortion followed with **89,129** complaints and investment fraud with **72,984**.
- Personal data breach complaints reached **67,456**.
- Tech and customer support scams drew **47,794** complaints and government impersonation **32,424**.
- Ransomware accounted for **3,611** complaints and SIM swap for **971**.
- Among descriptors, cryptocurrency appeared in **181,565** complaints and AI in **22,364**.

 COMPLAINTS · Source: FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report     COMPLAINTS  FBI IC3 · 2025 Most Reported Cyber Crime Types, 2025 (count)         Phishing/Spoofing  191,561 Extortion  89,129 Investment  72,984 Personal Data Breach  67,456 Non-Payment/Non-Delivery  56,478 Tech/Customer Support  47,794 Government Impersonation  32,424 Identity Theft  31,675  0 40K 80K 120K 160K 200K    SOURCE FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report    View the data| Crime Type | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Phishing/Spoofing | 191,561 |
| Extortion | 89,129 |
| Investment | 72,984 |
| Personal Data Breach | 67,456 |
| Non-Payment/Non-Delivery | 56,478 |
| Tech/Customer Support | 47,794 |
| Government Impersonation | 32,424 |
| Identity Theft | 31,675 |





### Where do most cyber incidents begin?

Phishing/spoofing generated **191,561** complaints in 2025, ahead of extortion at **89,129**. On the consumer side, receipt of a text message was the top reported contact method in 2025, while social media is the top contact method by aggregate reported losses in FTC data.

## Costliest Types of Cyber Crime

- Investment fraud cost victims **$8,648,617,756** in 2025 and was once again the largest component of these losses.
- Business email compromise caused **$3,046,598,558** in losses and tech and customer support scams **$2,134,675,818**.
- [Personal data breach](/data-loss-statistics/) complaints carried **$1,314,923,988** in losses.
- Phishing/spoofing losses were **$215,843,126**, small next to its complaint count.
- Call center fraud, made up of tech and customer support and government impersonation complaints, totaled more than **80,000** complaints with losses exceeding **$2.9 billion**.

 REPORTED LOSSES · Source: FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report     REPORTED LOSSES  FBI IC3 · 2025 Costliest Cyber Crime Types, 2025 ($)         Investment  $8,648,617,756 Business Email Compromise  $3,046,598,558 Tech/Customer Support  $2,134,675,818 Personal Data Breach  $1,314,923,988 Confidence/Romance  $929,287,469 Government Impersonation  $797,943,193 Non-Payment/Non-Delivery  $503,373,587  0 2B 4B 6B 8B 10B    SOURCE FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report    View the data| Crime Type | Reported Losses ($) |
|---|---|
| Investment | 8,648,617,756 |
| Business Email Compromise | 3,046,598,558 |
| Tech/Customer Support | 2,134,675,818 |
| Personal Data Breach | 1,314,923,988 |
| Confidence/Romance | 929,287,469 |
| Government Impersonation | 797,943,193 |
| Non-Payment/Non-Delivery | 503,373,587 |





> **Key finding:** The FBI’s 2025 data shows a split between volume and damage. Phishing/spoofing produced **191,561** complaints and **$215,843,126** in losses, while investment fraud produced **72,984** complaints and **$8,648,617,756** in losses. Counting reports alone points attention at the wrong crime.

## How Cyber Crime Categories Changed, 2023 to 2025

- Investment complaints rose from **39,570** in 2023 to **72,984** in 2025, an increase of **84.4%**.
- Government impersonation complaints went from **14,190** in 2023 to **32,424** in 2025, up **128.5%**.
- Phishing/spoofing complaints fell from **298,878** in 2023 to **191,561** in 2025.
- Phishing/spoofing losses climbed from **$18,728,550** in 2023 to **$215,843,126** in 2025, **11.5 times** the 2023 figure.
- Ransomware losses were **$59,641,384** in 2023, **$12,473,156** in 2024 and **$32,320,105** in 2025.

| Crime Type | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phishing/Spoofing | 298,878 | 193,407 | 191,561 |
| Extortion | 48,223 | 86,415 | 89,129 |
| Investment | 39,570 | 47,919 | 72,984 |
| Tech/Customer Support | 37,560 | 36,002 | 47,794 |
| Government Impersonation | 14,190 | 17,367 | 32,424 |
| Identity Theft | 19,778 | 21,403 | 31,675 |
| Employment | 15,443 | 20,044 | 24,688 |

*Source: FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report (three-year comparison)*

Complaint growth and loss growth do not move together. The loss table below shows investment losses climbing every year and phishing losses rising even as phishing complaints fell.

| Crime Type | 2023 ($) | 2024 ($) | 2025 ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | 4,570,275,683 | 6,570,639,864 | 8,648,617,756 |
| Business Email Compromise | 2,946,830,270 | 2,770,151,146 | 3,046,598,558 |
| Personal Data Breach | 744,219,879 | 1,453,296,303 | 1,314,923,988 |
| Government Impersonation | 394,050,518 | 405,624,084 | 797,943,193 |
| Phishing/Spoofing | 18,728,550 | 70,013,036 | 215,843,126 |
| Ransomware | 59,641,384 | 12,473,156 | 32,320,105 |

*Source: FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report (three-year comparison)*

### Are cyber crimes increasing?

Reported losses are. Losses reported to IC3 rose **26%** from 2024 to 2025, and FTC-reported fraud losses have increased year-over-year in the last six years and have risen nearly **430%** since 2020. Complaint counts are less consistent, falling in two of the last four years before the 2025 jump.

## Cryptocurrency and Investment Fraud Statistics

- Complaints involving cryptocurrency reached **181,565** in 2025, a **21%** increase from 2024, with **$11.366 billion** in losses, a **22%** increase.
- Crypto complaints carried a **$62,604** average loss, and **18,589** complainants lost more than **$100,000**.
- Cryptocurrency investment fraud was the highest source of financial losses to Americans in 2025 with **$7.2 billion** reported in losses.
- Crypto investment fraud generated **61,559** complaints, a **48%** increase in complaints from 2024.
- IC3 received more than **13,400** complaints reporting the use of cryptocurrency kiosks, with losses over **$388 million**, a **23%** increase in complaints and a **58%** increase in losses from 2024.
- Complainants aged 60 and over reported **$4,432,224,488** in crypto losses.

 CRYPTO LOSSES · Source: FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report     CRYPTO LOSSES  FBI IC3 · 2025 Crypto Fraud Losses by Age Group, 2025 ($)          5B 3.8B 2.5B 1.2B 0   $26,955,462 Under 20  $288,875,060 20 to 29  $861,551,625 30 to 39  $1,552,700,119 40 to 49  $2,139,033,232 50 to 59  $4,432,224,488 60+     SOURCE FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report    View the data| Age Group | Crypto Losses ($) |
|---|---|
| Under 20 | 26,955,462 |
| 20 to 29 | 288,875,060 |
| 30 to 39 | 861,551,625 |
| 40 to 49 | 1,552,700,119 |
| 50 to 59 | 2,139,033,232 |
| 60+ | 4,432,224,488 |





### Who is usually behind cyber attacks?

For the costliest category, the FBI names organized crime. Cryptocurrency investment scams are largely perpetrated by organized criminal enterprises based in Southeast Asia using victims of human trafficking as forced labor to run the scam operations. State actors appear too: North Korea uses thousands of state-controlled [remote IT workers](/remote-work-cybersecurity-statistics/) to infiltrate western companies.

## Cyber Crime Victims by Age

- Complainants aged 60 and over filed **201,266** complaints in 2025, up **37%** from 2024, and reported **$7.748 billion** in losses, up **59%**.
- Older complainants averaged a **$38,500** loss, and **12,444** of them lost more than **$100,000**.
- Complainants aged 40 to 49 reported **$2.957 billion** in losses and those aged 50 to 59 reported **$3.7 billion**.
- Victims under 20 filed **31,254** complaints with **$67.1 million** in losses.
- Minors aged 17 or younger filed **13,168** complaints with **$12,988,892** in losses, driven by sextortion, [cyberbullying and online grooming](/cyberbullying-statistics/).

 COMPLAINTS · Source: FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report     COMPLAINTS  FBI IC3 · 2025 IC3 Complaints by Age Group, 2025 (count)        Under 20  31,254 20 to 29  112,069 30 to 39  153,293 40 to 49  167,066 50 to 59  124,820 60+  201,266  0 60K 120K 180K 240K    SOURCE FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report    View the data| Age Group | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Under 20 | 31,254 |
| 20 to 29 | 112,069 |
| 30 to 39 | 153,293 |
| 40 to 49 | 167,066 |
| 50 to 59 | 124,820 |
| 60+ | 201,266 |





### Who are the typical victims of cyber crime?

Older adults file the most complaints and lose the most money. People aged 60 and over filed **201,266** complaints in 2025, more than any other age group, and reported **$7.7 billion** in losses. They filed **20%** of all IC3 complaints, so their share of losses runs far ahead of their share of reports. Their **$7.748 billion** in losses equals **37.1%** of the 2025 total.

## Sextortion and AI-Enabled Fraud

- IC3 received more than **75,000** submissions regarding sextortion in 2025 and referred more than **5,700** submissions involving minors to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
- People aged 20 to 29 filed **22,061** sextortion reports, while those 60 and over reported **$14,894,547** in adjusted losses.
- IC3 received more than **22,000** complaints reporting AI-related information, with adjusted losses exceeding **$893 million**.
- Businesses reported losses over **$30 million** to business email compromise scams involving AI, and victims lost over **$19 million** to romance scams with a likely AI nexus.
- Victims claimed losses over **$5 million** in 2025 to distress scams that use voice cloning to mimic a relative.

 SEXTORTION REPORTS · Source: FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report     SEXTORTION REPORTS  FBI IC3 · 2025 Sextortion Reports by Age Group, 2025 (count)        Under 20  11,316 20 to 29  22,061 30 to 39  11,855 40 to 49  7,791 50 to 59  5,139 60+  6,121  0 6K 12K 18K 24K    SOURCE FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report    View the data| Age Group | Sextortion Reports |
|---|---|
| Under 20 | 11,316 |
| 20 to 29 | 22,061 |
| 30 to 39 | 11,855 |
| 40 to 49 | 7,791 |
| 50 to 59 | 5,139 |
| 60+ | 6,121 |





> **Worth noting:** AI is a descriptor in IC3 data, not a crime type of its own. The 2025 report tags **22,364** complaints and **$893,346,472** in losses as AI related, and those complaints are also counted under categories such as business email compromise and romance fraud.

## Ransomware and Business Email Compromise Statistics

- IC3 received more than **3,600** [complaints reporting ransomware](/cybersecurity-statistics/), with losses exceeding **$32 million**.
- The most frequently reported variants accounted for **56.8%** of ransomware incidents and almost half (**49.8%**) of ransomware losses.
- Akira, Qilin and INC./Lynx/Sinobi were the top three reported ransomware variants.
- IC3 received more than **1,400** [ransomware complaints from businesses](/small-business-cyber-attack-statistics/) and organizations not related to a critical sector, led by legal services at **18%**.
- Business email compromise losses were **$2,946,830,270** in 2023, **$2,770,151,146** in 2024 and **$3,046,598,558** in 2025.

 SHARE OF COMPLAINTS · Source: FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report     SHARE OF COMPLAINTS  FBI IC3 · 2025 Ransomware Complaints by Industry, 2025 (%)         Legal services  18% Contracting services  17% Engineering, architectural services  10% Consulting services  7% Non-critical manufacturing  5%  0 4 8 12 16 20    SOURCE FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report    View the data| Industry (non-critical sectors) | Share of Complaints (%) |
|---|---|
| Legal services | 18 |
| Contracting services | 17 |
| Engineering, architectural services | 10 |
| Consulting services | 7 |
| Non-critical manufacturing | 5 |





> **Why it matters:** Ransomware adjusted losses do not normally include estimates of lost business, time, wages, files, or equipment, or any [third-party remediation services](/cyber-insurance-statistics/). The IC3 ransomware total of about $32 million counts only the losses victims reported to IC3, so it is a floor rather than the full cost of an attack.

## Government and Law Enforcement Impersonation Scams

- Between January 2025 and July 2026, IC3 received nearly **61,000** complaints of law enforcement or government impersonation scams, with losses totaling more than **$1.6 billion**.
- Jury duty and missed court date scams produced **6,833** complaints with losses totaling nearly **$36 million**.
- Scams impersonating foreign law enforcement drew **1,809** complaints with losses totaling more than **$140 million**.
- FTC data shows people reported losing about **$920 million** to government impersonators in 2025, up from **$789 million** in 2024.
- Reported losses to business impersonators reached nearly **$1 billion**, up from **$866 million**.

| Scam Type | Complaints | Losses |
|---|---|---|
| All law enforcement or government impersonation | nearly 61,000 | more than $1.6 billion |
| Jury duty or missed court date | 6,833 | nearly $36 million |
| Medical or professional license threats | 3,322 | more than $37 million |
| Foreign law enforcement | 1,809 | more than $140 million |
| Expiring passport or license | 496 | more than $348,000 |

*Source: FBI IC3, public service announcement, September 2026*

> **Recovery scams:** Scammers are impersonating FBI personnel who handle IC3 complaints to deceive and revictimize people, using AI-generated videos and spoofed websites. A message from someone claiming to handle an IC3 complaint is a known second-stage scam; file reports only through the official IC3 site.

## FTC Consumer Fraud Reports and Losses

- In its [March 2026 testimony to Congress](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/03/ftc-testifies-joint-economic-committee-agencys-efforts-combat-fraud), the FTC received **3 million** fraud reports in 2025 with **$15.9 billion** in losses, up from **2.6 million** reports and over **$12 billion** in losses the previous year.
- Imposter scams were the most frequently reported fraud, with more than **1 million** reports and more than **$3.5 billion** in losses.
- Investment scams cost consumers over **$7.9 billion**, with an average individual loss of over **$10,000** in 2025.
- Consumers lost the most money through bank payments, followed by cryptocurrency, while credit card payments were the most frequently identified payment method.
- In FY 2025, consumers reported aggregate losses of over **$2 billion** when social media was identified as the contact method.

| Year | Reported Fraud Losses |
|---|---|
| 2021 | more than $6 billion |
| 2022 | nearly $9 billion |
| 2023 | over $10 billion |
| 2024 | over $12 billion |
| 2025 | $15.9 billion |

*Source: FTC testimony to the Joint Economic Committee, March 2026*

> **By the numbers:** The FTC says people reported losing **$3.5 billion** to imposter scams in 2025, and nearly one in three fraud reports were about imposter scams. Total reported fraud losses of about **$16 billion** in 2025 were the highest on record, an increase of about **25%** over 2024.

## Cyber Crime Losses by State

- California led all states with **$3,675 million** in reported losses in 2025.
- Texas followed with **$1,826 million** and Florida with **$1,596 million**.
- New York reported **$1,226 million** and New Jersey **$660 million**.
- Canada had the most IC3 complainants outside the United States, with **7,479**, followed by India with **5,879**.

 REPORTED LOSSES · Source: FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report     REPORTED LOSSES  FBI IC3 · 2025 Cyber Crime Losses by State, 2025 ($ millions)         California  $3,675M Texas  $1,826M Florida  $1,596M New York  $1,226M New Jersey  $660M Arizona  $631M Pennsylvania  $538M Illinois  $535M  0 800 1.6K 2.4K 3.2K 4K    SOURCE FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report    View the data| State | Reported Losses ($ millions) |
|---|---|
| California | 3,675 |
| Texas | 1,826 |
| Florida | 1,596 |
| New York | 1,226 |
| New Jersey | 660 |
| Arizona | 631 |
| Pennsylvania | 538 |
| Illinois | 535 |





## How Much Stolen Money Gets Frozen

- The IC3 Recovery Asset Team (RAT) runs the Financial Fraud Kill Chain (FFKC), and the IC3 RAT handled **3,900** FFKC incidents in 2025, covering **$1,163,919,846** in attempted theft.
- The process froze **$679,013,183**, a **58%** success rate.
- Frozen funds equal **3.25%** of the **$20.877 billion** in losses reported to IC3 in 2025.

| FFKC Type | Incidents | Frozen ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 3,574 | 507,042,623 |
| International | 326 | 171,970,560 |
| Total | 3,900 | 679,013,183 |

*Source: FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report*

> **The takeaway:** The FFKC freezes funds for victims of fraudulent domestic and international transactions, and it froze more than half of the attempted theft that reached it. The constraint is reach: most losses never enter the process, so reporting quickly to the bank and to IC3 matters.

## Cyber Crime Statistics Outside the United States

- In England and Wales, fraud prevalence rose **0.7 ppt** to **7.8%**, and bank and credit account fraud rose **15%** to around **2.8 million** incidents in the year ending March 2026.
- The survey recorded a **10%** increase in the number of fraud victims over the previous year.
- Computer misuse was around **55%** lower than the year ending March 2017 survey (around **1.8 million** incidents).
- The same Office for National Statistics bulletin cites the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025 to 2026, which showed that **19%** of businesses and **14%** of charities had been victims of at least one cybercrime in the past year.
- The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) received cybercrime reports down **3%** in FY2024-25, on average a report every **6 minutes**.
- The average self-reported cost of cybercrime per report for Australian businesses rose **50%** to **A$80,850**, and for large businesses **219%** to **A$202,700**.

| Country | Measure | Figure | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | Fraud incidents | 4.5 million | Year ending March 2026 |
| England and Wales | Fraud victims | 3.8 million | Year ending March 2026 |
| England and Wales | Computer misuse incidents | 798,000 | Year ending March 2026 |
| Australia | Cybercrime reports | over 84,700 | FY2024 to 2025 |
| Australia | Average cost per report, individuals | A$33,000 | FY2024 to 2025 |

*Source: Office for National Statistics, 2026; Australian Signals Directorate, Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024-2025*

## Conclusion

Losses reported to the FBI hit **$20.877 billion** in 2025 and the FTC logged **$15.9 billion** from **3 million** fraud reports. The two counts come from separate reporting systems and differ in scope. In both, investment fraud is the costliest category, much of it cryptocurrency investment fraud in IC3 data, while the most-reported category is phishing in IC3 data and imposter scams in FTC data.

The next IC3 annual report and the FTC’s next data release will show whether the record losses of 2025 hold. Until then, the freeze figures are the practical number to remember: the FFKC froze 58% of the attempted theft that reached it in 2025, but only a small share of reported losses ever reached it.