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Identity theft
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For the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the definition of identity theft includes three general types of incidents:
- unauthorized use or attempted use of existing credit cards
- unauthorized use or attempted use of other existing accounts, such as checking accounts
- misuse of personal information to obtain new accounts or loans, or to commit other crimes.
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| Victims of Identity Theft, 2016 Presents data on the prevalence and nature of identity theft against persons age 16 or older in 2016, including how victims discovered the crime; financial losses and other consequences. | |
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Summary (PDF 164K) | Full report (PDF 552K) | Data tables (Zip format 98K)
Part of the Identity Theft Series |
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| Victims of Identity Theft, 2014 Presents findings on the prevalence and nature of identity theft from the 2014 Identity Theft Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey. | |
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Press Release | Summary (PDF) | Full report (PDF 697KB) | ASCII file (41KB) | Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format)
Part of the Identity Theft Series |
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| Victims of Identity Theft, 2012 Presents findings on the prevalence and nature of identity theft from the 2012 Identity Theft Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey. | |
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Press Release | Full report (PDF 1.32M) | ASCII file (41K) | Comma-delimited format (CSV) (Zip format 32K)
Part of the Identity Theft Series |
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| Identity Theft Reported by Households, 2005-2010 IDENTITY THEFT REPORTED BY HOUSEHOLDS ROSE 33 PERCENT FROM 2005 TO 2010 | |
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Part of the Identity Theft Series |
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| Identity Theft Reported by Households, 2007 - Statistical Tables Presents data on identity theft victimization reported by households from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). | |
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Full report (PDF 210K) | ASCII file (8K) | Spreadsheets (Zip format 10K)
Part of the Identity Theft Series |
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| Identity Theft, 2005 Presents data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) on identity theft victimization and its consequences. | |
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Full report (PDF 205K) | ASCII file (22K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 9K)
Part of the Identity Theft Series |
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| Identity Theft, 2004 "3.6 million U.S. households learned they were identity theft victims during a six-month period in 2004" | |
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Press Release | More information about this release
Part of the Identity Theft Series |
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| Identity Theft, 2004 Presents data on identity theft victimization and its consequences from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). | |
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Press Release | Full report (PDF 152K) | ASCII file (34K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 60K) | Codebooks and Datasets
Part of the Identity Theft Series |
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