Identity Theft Statistics

14% of young adults have been a victim of an impersonation scam.

10% of the general population have been a victim of an impersonation scam.

14% of reported cybercrime cases in Africa in 2025 involved identity theft and financial fraud.

64% of executives have Social Security numbers exposed in breach data.

54% of executives have their Social Security numbers listed for sale on dark web marketplaces.

38% of security and IT leaders identify compromised AI identity and session theft as security incidents tied to AI systems.

One in ten adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland have had explicit AI images made of them without consent.

81% of parents in the surveyed countries fear their child's likeness will be stolen.

19% of adults aged 18+ in the United States, UK, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland have experienced AI-driven identity harm, rising to 30% among Gen Z.

Fraudulent employment accounted for 40% of misuse cases for children and dependents.

35% of identity crime victims report losses exceeding $10,000.

Nearly 68% of identity crime victims who have not contacted the ITRC have seriously considered self-harm.

11% of identity crime victims report losses greater than $1,000,000.

Synthetic fraud showed an eight-fold global increase year over year.

More than one in ten frauds (11%) involve a synthetic identity.

Synthetic identity fraud accounted for 48.3% of fraud in Latin America.

54% of U.S. school districts rate student identity theft or long-term harm as their number one concern.

Only 21% of U.S. school districts feel most confident addressing student identity threats.

Telecommunications identity theft averaged above 9%.

First-party fraud averaged just above 3% overall.

Demand Deposit Account (DDA) identity theft averaged above 10%, a new high for the industry.

11% of Americans report experiencing tax-related identity theft, rising to 17% among adults aged 25–34.

82% of Americans say they are worried about tax fraud or identity theft this year.

23% of adults under 45 report experiencing tax-related identity theft, compared with 4–5% of adults aged 55 and older.

Nearly 70% of incidents in the Americas began with stolen or misused accounts.

27% of internal audit leaders are concerned about synthetic identity fraud enabled by AI.

40% of consumers worry most about identity theft.

Nearly 60% of organizations report fraudsters using compromised Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to bypass knowledge-based authentication (KBA).

The Identity Theft Resource Center tracks 3,322 data compromises in 2025 (2025)

41% of IT, cybersecurity, risk, and fraud leaders reported that their company has hired and onboarded a fraudulent candidate.

Only 28% of IT, cybersecurity, risk, and fraud leaders consider deepfake-resistant verification tools a priority for identity and access management modernization.

More than 80% of IT, cybersecurity, risk, and fraud leaders rely on phone and video to confirm identities.

48% of UK consumers express concern about the risk of fraud or identity theft related to AI in banking.

44% of organizations in the financial services industry ranked synthetic identity fraud as the top fraud type tracked.

30% of banks reported that they face synthetic identity fraud, which blends fake and real personal data to bypass verification.

44.7% of Americans delete or abandon mobile apps over concerns about identity theft.

The top third-party fraud schemes included identity theft (28%), account takeover (19%), and card testing (17%).

The overall identity fraud rate decreased from 2.6% in 2024 to 2.2% over 2024-2025, remaining above the 2.0% level of 2023.

5% of identity theft victims reported experiencing suicidal feelings following their incident in 2025.

19.6 percent of self-identified victims in the general population reported losses under $500 in 2025.