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How common is identity theft?

The FTC received 1.1 million identity theft reports in 2024, below the peak of 1.4 million in 2021.

Source: Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book, Federal Trade CommissionUpdated October 25, 2026

Reports, 2015 to 2024

1.14M

2024

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Year reported

Chart: DeepSearch, CC BY 4.0. Data: Federal Trade Commission, data retrieved October 25, 2026.
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Key findings

  • Reports rose sharply in 2020 and 2021 with pandemic unemployment and benefits fraud.

The data

How common is identity theft?
Year reportedReports
2015490K
2016398K
2017371K
2018444K
2019649K
20201.39M
20211.43M
20221.11M
20231.04M
20241.14M

How we made this chart

The FTC's annual Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book: fraud, identity theft and other reports by year, contact and payment method, age and state.

Identity theft reports by year, from the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book for 2024.

Open the source API. Source revision: 2026-10-25:sha256:f7fad1e42cde65b57ddc559e00adb599b9810653e7b175f1c89969111861a469.

Limits to keep in mind

  • Consumer Sentinel counts reports people chose to file with the FTC and its partners, not all fraud; most victims never report.

  • Each year's Data Book revises earlier years as late reports arrive.

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DeepSearch. (October 25, 2026). How common is identity theft? DeepSearch Data. https://deepsearch.app/data/identity-theft-reports-per-year

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