Cybercrime

(asked on 8th December 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many perpetrators of cyber crime were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted in (i) 2022, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2024.


Answered by
Jake Richards Portrait
Jake Richards
Assistant Whip
This question was answered on 11th December 2025

There are no offences specifically defined in legislation as “cyber crime,” however the Computer Misuse Act 1990 has a number of offences that could be considered as such.

The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data concerning prosecutions and convictions available here: Criminal Justice Statistics.

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