Individuals lose £15 Million to Fraud in Avon & Somerset so far in 2026.

in May 2026 there were almost 16,000 crimes reported in the Avon & Somerset Police region.

These reported crimes do not include Fraud which is the the most prevalent crime against individuals in England and Wales.

In May 2026 there were 595 Fraud Reports against individuals reported in the Avon & Somerset Police region. These reports were made via Report Fraud.

This data shows us that you are almost 5 times more likely to be a victim of fraud (595) than you are to be a victim of bike theft (125).

And that you are only slightly (15%) more likely to be burgled (694) than be a victim of fraud (595).

Fraud is largely underreported and the CSEW (Crime Survey of England and Wales) estimates only 14% of cases are being reported to Report Fraud or the police by victims.

This means that the level of fraud is likely to be much higher than these reports indicate.

England and Wales Fraud Reports

So far in 2026 there have been over 415K Fraud Reports with a Verified Loss Amount of £1.4 Billion across England and Wales.

Top 10 Fraud Types

Avon and Somerset Police

Where possible Fraud Reports are linked to specific Police Forces.

The Avon and Somerset Police area comes 13th in the force areas.

Fraud against Organisations

A minority of Fraud Reports in Avon and Somerset are against Organisations:

And the majority of reports are against Individuals.

The following charts look at the 3,711 Fraud Reports that impacted individuals in the Avon and Somerset Police Area between Jan 2026 and June 2026.

Top Types of Fraud

See: A to Z of Cyber Crime and Fraud for descriptions of fraud types/categories.

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Gender

Age Group

Spotlight on Romance Fraud

103 people in the Avon and Somerset Police Area were the victims of Romance Fraud and lost over half a million pounds.

See also: Romance conman posed as MI6 and BBC worker to scam women out of £50k (BBC - March 2026)

Kitchen porter Rodney Ade Roberts, 40, from Cardiff, also known as Paul Smith, conned three women out of nearly £50,000.

Rachel Serjeant, 30, from Bristol, met Roberts in October 2022 on a dating app and scammed her out of £980.

She said: "The betrayal of trust is far deeper than the loss of the money. Everything I believed to be real was not. He didn't even tell me his real name."

Roberts, from Trowbridge in Cardiff, used the money from his victims to fund a lavish lifestyle of designer clothes and drugs, threatening one of the women if she went to the police.

Males are twice as likely as Females to be victims.

The top age group for victims is people in their 20's followed by people in their 60's.

Top Verified Losses

You can explore this data yourself on BU Reports, and this report will be refreshed every month.