30 October 2012, 301012, computer virus, cyber bullying, cyber crimes, identity theft, online fraud, online stalking, stolen credit card
Q. Have you ever been the victim of any of the following crimes?
|
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Had your credit card number stolen |
16% |
17% |
15% |
12% |
18% |
16% |
| Been the victim of online fraud |
10% |
11% |
10% |
12% |
10% |
9% |
| Had your identity stolen |
1% |
2% |
1% |
3% |
1% |
1% |
| Had a computer virus that damaged your computer or data |
29% |
30% |
28% |
33% |
28% |
25% |
| Cyber bullying |
3% |
2% |
5% |
7% |
2% |
1% |
| Online stalking, invasion of privacy or high levels of harassment |
4% |
2% |
5% |
5% |
4% |
1% |
| No, none of them |
56% |
55% |
57% |
53% |
57% |
58% |
29% say they have had a computer virus that caused damage to their computer or data, 16% have had their credit card number stolen and 10% have been the victim of online fraud. Online stalking (4%), cyber bullying (3%) and identity theft (1%) are much less common.
Those aged under 35 are somewhat more likely to have been a victim of a virus (33%), cyber bullying (7%) and online stalking (5%).
Women are more likely to have been a victim of cyber bullying (5%) and online stalking (5%).