Cybercrime figures prompt police call for awareness campaign

One in 10 people in England and Wales have been victims of cybercrime in past year, first official figures show

Police chiefs have called for a national campaign against online fraud and other cybercrime on the scale of last century's seatbelt and drink-driving campaigns in the wake of figures showing that one in 10 adults have been victims of such offences in the past year.

Chris Greany, the City of London police's economic command head, said that with around 1m cases reported to Action Fraud in the last year alone, it was not possible for all cases to be investigated.