Reporting fraud

Fraud statistics

Fraud statistics for the 2024/25 tax year

Statistic	Total	Notes
Number of occasions of use of power under the Prevention of Social Housing fraud (Power to Require Information) (England) Regulations 2014 [footnote 44], or similar powers [footnote 45]	0	N/A
Total number of employees undertaking investigations and prosecution of fraud	2	N/A
Number of employees undertaking investigations and prosecution of fraud (full time equivalent)	1.2	Estimate of proportion of roles
Total number of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists	0	N/A
Number of professionally accredited counter fraud specialists (full time equivalent)	0	N/A
Total amount spent by the authority on the investigation and prosecution of fraud (salary costs or if outsourced the cost associated with the investigation)	£50,000	Approximate cost of staff resources (officers also working on preventative work and audit activity)
Total number of fraud cases investigated	229	Figures based on closed referrals only - not all subject to formal investigation

Last updated 11 August 2025