1.14M
2024 (latest)
IDENTITY THEFT REPORTS
reports · 2001–2024 · neither direction is "better" · Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book 2024
0.09M
2001
1.43M
high · 2021
0.09M
low · 2001
+1216%
since 2001
┊ dashed lines mark 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Annual report count by type, 2001–2024, from 2024_CSN_Number_of_Reports_by_Type.csv. Not unique victims or a population incidence rate. Multiple report types can apply; category totals need not equal the unduplicated combined count. Breaks: none known that is dated: contributing organizations, public awareness, and classifications change over time. National Do Not Call Registry complaints excluded; reporting volume is not underlying crime incidence.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/data/csn-data-book-2024-csv.zip
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Crime-And-Justice
Data
| Year | Identity theft reports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.14M | +9% |
| 2023 | 1.04M | −6% |
| 2022 | 1.11M | −23% |
| 2021 | 1.43M | +3% |
| 2020 | 1.39M | +114% |
| 2019 | 0.65M | +46% |
| 2018 | 0.44M | +20% |
| 2017 | 0.37M | −7% |
| 2016 | 0.40M | −19% |
| 2015 | 0.49M | +47% |
| 2014 | 0.33M | +15% |
| 2013 | 0.29M | −22% |
| 2012 | 0.37M | +33% |
| 2011 | 0.28M | +11% |
| 2010 | 0.25M | −10% |
| 2009 | 0.28M | −12% |
| 2008 | 0.31M | +21% |
| 2007 | 0.26M | +5% |
| 2006 | 0.25M | −4% |
| 2005 | 0.26M | +4% |
| 2004 | 0.25M | +15% |
| 2003 | 0.22M | +33% |
| 2002 | 0.16M | +88% |
| 2001 | 0.09M | — |
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