IDENTITY FRAUD

Victimisation rates for identity fraud varied across the states and territories and between 2007 and 2010-11.

New South Wales and Western Australia were the only two states for which the victimisation rate for identity fraud increased between 2007 and 2010-11. In New South Wales this was an increase from 166,800 victims (3.1%) in 2007 to 253,100 victims (4.4%) in 2010-11, and in Western Australia from 56,100 victims (3.5%) in 2007 to 95,500 victims (5.3%) in 2010-11.

The 2010-11 identity fraud victimisation rate in Western Australia (5.3%) was higher than the national victimisation rate (4.0%), whilst the victimisation rates in South Australia (3.0%) and Tasmania (2.9%) were both lower than the national victimisation rate.

Females in Western Australia were more likely to be victims of identity fraud (56,200 victims) than males (39,400), with no other gender differences across the other states and territories.

There were no statistically significant differences in reporting rates between the states and territories for credit card fraud.

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