Q. Have you ever been the victim of any of the following crimes?
Total | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Oct 2012 | ||
Had a computer virus that damaged your computer or data | 33% | 34% | 31% | 35% | 37% | 24% | 29% | |
Had your credit card number stolen | 22% | 19% | 24% | 19% | 26% | 20% | 16% | |
Been the victim of online fraud | 14% | 15% | 12% | 15% | 13% | 13% | 10% | |
Cyber bullying | 10% | 8% | 12% | 20% | 8% | 2% | 3% | |
Online stalking, invasion of privacy or high levels of harassment | 9% | 8% | 11% | 16% | 8% | 2% | 4% | |
Had your identity stolen | 6% | 6% | 6% | 9% | 5% | 4% | 1% | |
No, none of them | 50% | 51% | 50% | 47% | 49% | 56% | 56% |
33% say they have had a computer virus that caused damage to their computer or data, 22% have had their credit card number stolen, and 14% have been the victim of online fraud. The incidence of each type of crime has risen by at least 4% since this question was last asked in October 2012. The proportion who have not experienced any of these types of crime fell 6% to 50%.
Those aged under 35 are more likely than other age groups to have been a victim of each type of crime, other than credit card theft and a computer virus.
Women are more likely than men to have been a victim of credit card theft (24% to 19%), cyber bullying (12% to 8%) and online stalking (11% to 8%), while men were more likely than women to get a computer virus (34% to 31%) and fall victim to online fraud (15% to 12%).