Crime and criminal justice statistics
Cybercrime
As few police agencies identify cybercrimes separately, the chart below presents results of the 2005 Australian computer crime and security survey, conducted by AusCERT, Australian High Tech Crime Centre and various state, territory and federal police agencies. One hundred and eighty-one organisations from manufacturing, information technology, federal and state government, utilities, finance, and education sectors responded to the survey.
These data are indicative only as the sample is not necessarily representative. Caution therefore should be taken when generalising from the following data.
Differences published in previous editions of Facts & figures may be due to differences in the organisations participating each year. In the 2005 survey 35% (n= 63) of these organisations reported experiencing electronic attacks that harmed the confidentiality, integrity or availability of network data or systems. (Source: Australian crime : facts and figures 2005)
Most common computer crime and security breaches, 2003-06 (percent)
Source: Australian Institute of Criminology 2007. Australian crime : facts and figures 2006. Canberra: AIC
Major sources of financial loss due to computer crime and security breaches, 2003-06 ($ million)
Source: Australian Institute of Criminology 2007. Australian crime : facts and figures 2006. Canberra: AIC
Further information
Charts/fact sheets
- Underground markets in stolen digital information, 2006
- Crime victimisation : cybercrime (Chapter 3 from Australian crime : facts and figures 2006)
- Global software piracy, 2003-2005
- Reported incidents and overall costs of computer crime, 2002-2005
- Number of cybercrime incidents by type, 2004
- Cost of computer crime, 2004
- Number of cybercrime incidents by type, 2002
- Cost of computer crime, 2002
Other publications and data sources
- Studies and surveys of computer crime (PDF 215kB)
M E Kabay, 2001
Australia
- Australian computer crime and security survey
AusCERT, AHTCC and Australian police agencies, 2002-2006 - The phantom menace : setting the record straight about online credit card fraud (PDF 564kB)
Australian Computer Society, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts and National Office for the Information Economy, 2000 - 1997 computer crime and security survey
Office of Strategic Crime Assessments and Victoria Police, 1997
United Kingdom
- UK online fraud report
Cybersource. Annual fraud report. - Fraud and technology crimes : findings from the 2003/04 British Crime Survey, the 2004 Offending, Crime and Justice Survey and administrative sources (PDF 205kB)
Debbie Wilson, Alison Patterson, Gemma Powell and Rachelle Hembury. Home Office, 2005 - Fraud and technology crimes : findings from the 2002/03 British Crime Survey and 2003 Offending, Crime and Justice Survey (PDF 510kB)
Jonathan Allen, Sarah Forrest, Michael Levi, Hannah Roy, Michael Sutton, Debbie Wilson. Home Office, 2005 - Information security breaches survey 2004 : technical report (PDF 1.84MB)
Department of Trade and Industry, 2004 - Information security survey 2000 (PDF 243kB)
KPMG LLP UK, 2000
United States
- Cybersource online fraud report
Cybersource. Annual fraud report. - CERT Statistics
Software Engineering Institute - Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section
United States Department of Justice - National Internet Fraud Watch Information Centre
National Consumer league - Annual CSI/FBI computer crime and security survey
Computer Security Institute, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Computer Intrusion Squad - Internet Crime Complaint Center annual reports
Federal Bureau of Investigation and National White Collar Crime Center - National computer security survey
US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, and Department of Homeland Security, National Cyber Security Division - Security trends report : second half 2004 (PDF 219kB)
Websense Security Labs, 2005 - Cybercrime against businesses (PDF 146kB)
Ramona R Rantala. Bureau of Justice Statistics technical report, 2004 - 2004 E-crime watch survey: summary of findings (PDF 274kB)
CERT Coordination Center, 2004
Canada
- Cyber-crime : issues, data sources, and feasibility of collecting police-reported statistics
Statistics Canada, 2002
International
- Security statistics | Computer crime : arrests and convictions
Securitystats.com
Related links
- Statistics: Piracy and intellectual property offences; Fraud
- Topic: Cybercrime