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secoccular t1_izg5qxw wrote

Reply to comment by yashwinacanter in I was the victim of an identity theft nightmare - and it could happen to you. AMA by losangelestimes

The FTC does track the and FBI has access to these numbers, when people take the time to report it.

https://www.usa.gov/stop-scams-frauds

They are basically in information-gathering mode, and won't open investigations into individual cases unless they involve other crimes like money laundering.

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losangelestimes OP t1_izgavax wrote

Right, but that data doesn't go into NIBRS, which is what most police departments, institutions, and journalists refer to for crime reporting and demographics. You can look up violent and property crime rates through the FBI's crime data explorer, but you can't look up cyber crimes.

https://crime-data-explorer.fr.cloud.gov/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend

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secoccular t1_izgiaui wrote

Thanks. That's too bad the cyber crime numbers aren't made available yet.

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Aurvidlem t1_izgj9jf wrote

In these times, NIBRS seems to be a woefully unfortunate acronym.

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