--- title: "UK fraud trends 2025: New data" date: 2025-07-20T09:30:00+01:00 author: Nikoleta Dimitriou canonical_url: "https://www.ravelin.com/blog/uk-fraud-trends-2025" section: Blog --- Blog /[Fraud trends](/resources?search=&category%5B0%5D=201169#resourceContainer "Go to Fraud trends") # UK fraud trends 2025: New data Almost 8 in 10 UK merchants report a rise in fraud. Discover how fraud and abuse affect British merchants – previously unreleased Ravelin UK fraud statistics. 20 July 2025 ![UK fraud trends 2025: New data](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_blogSmall/265604/409-FS25-2pp-UK-site-image-885-x-505-%E2%80%93-2.webp) Every year, Ravelin conducts an extensive survey of ~1500 fraud and payments professionals working for companies that sell online. The goal? To better understand current and upcoming fraud trends, and report back to the community. Today, we're releasing new data on the UK's fraudscape in 2025, to give British merchants a better understanding of who is threatening their bottom lines, and how. **[For more insights, get the full Global Fraud Survey Report.](https://pages.ravelin.com/global-fraud-2025-trends-survey)** [![uk fraud trends 2025](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/FS25-countries-UK-fraudscape-p1.png)](https://pages.ravelin.com/hubfs/FS25%20Fraud%20and%20Payments%20Survey%202025/FS25%20countries%20-%20UK%20fraudscape%202025%20(digital).pdf) [![uk fraud trends 2025 fraud and abuse online](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/FS25-countries-UK-fraudscape-2025-digital_Page_2.png)](https://pages.ravelin.com/hubfs/FS25%20Fraud%20and%20Payments%20Survey%202025/FS25%20countries%20-%20UK%20fraudscape%202025%20(digital).pdf) [ ](https://pages.ravelin.com/fraud-trends-2024-report)\*To see the UK Fraud Trends 2025 Report in large and downloadable format, [click here](https://pages.ravelin.com/hubfs/FS25%20Fraud%20and%20Payments%20Survey%202025/FS25%20countries%20-%20UK%20fraudscape%202025%20(digital).pdf?_gl=1*pa7uwt*_ga*MTQyOTA4ODY5My4xNzM5ODk2MDQ0*_ga_1RF520H4DT*czE3NTMxMDI4MjQkbzM5MSRnMSR0MTc1MzEwNDczMCRqNjAkbDAkaDA.). Would you like to learn how the UK compares to the rest of the world? **[Download the full 56-page Global Fraud Trends 2025 report.](https://pages.ravelin.com/global-fraud-2025-trends-survey)** ![Laura Smettem](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_320x320_fit_center-center_none_ns/laura_smetten.webp) ### Laura Smettem Marketing Director ## Stay up to date Subscribe to Ravelin's monthly newsletter for more findings and insights on fraud, payments and ecommerce. ![Laura Smettem](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_320x320_fit_center-center_none_ns/laura_smetten.webp) ### Laura Smettem Marketing Director Sign up ## Related content - [Global Fraud Trends 2025: Download the report](https://pages.ravelin.com/global-fraud-2025-trends-survey) - [UK fraud trends 2024](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/uk-fraud-trends-2024) - [Latest content related to fraud trends](https://www.ravelin.com/resources?search=&category%5B0%5D=201169#resourceContainer) ## Author ![Nikoleta Dimitriou](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_avatarSmall/196785/1669287463716_2023-12-07-164059_ybjd.webp) Nikoleta DimitriouSenior Content Manager With a marketing career focused on technology, Nikoleta has worked for the data science, e-learning, and fraud industries, among others. 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