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How have FTC identity theft reports changed since 2015?

Reports jumped from 649,390 in 2019 to a peak of 1,434,477 in 2021, as pandemic benefits fraud surged. 2024 brought 1,135,291, still 75% above 2019.

Source: Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book 2024: data sets (CSV), Federal Trade CommissionUpdated October 29, 2026Featured in Identity Theft Statistics 2026: Reports, Types and Trends

2015–2024

Reports, 2015–2024

1.14M

2024

Reports

Category

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Chart: DeepSearch, CC BY 4.0. Data: Federal Trade Commission, source published March 10, 2025.
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Key findings

  • Identity theft reports to the FTC, 2015 to 2024.

The data

How have FTC identity theft reports changed since 2015?
CategoryReports
2015490K
2016398K
2017371K
2018444K
2019649K
20201.39M
20211.43M
20221.11M
20231.04M
20241.14M

How we made this chart

Identity theft reports by year, type, age and state, and fraud reports by age (DeepSearch regrouping and shares). Reports received in calendar year 2024, and by year from 2001.

Figures as published by Federal Trade Commission in Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book 2024: data sets (CSV), Reports by year, read on 2026-10-25.

Open the source document. Source revision: 2026-10-25:identity-theft-statistics.

Limits to keep in mind

  • Sentinel counts reports people chose to file with the FTC and its partners; it is not a survey, and most victims never report. A report can name several identity theft types.

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DeepSearch. (October 29, 2026). How have FTC identity theft reports changed since 2015? DeepSearch Data. https://deepsearch.app/data/ftc-identity-theft-reports-2015-onward

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