Two Thirds of Councils Miss All Tenancy Fraud Cases

Seventy one per cent of councils in Britain did not detect a single instance of tenancy fraud last year despite an estimated 28,000 cases in local authority stock.  That is the finding from research published today by information group Callcredit, based on Freedom of Information Act requests and existing data.

The study estimates local authorities across Britain had a detection rate of less than 10 per cent. It found 69 per cent of local authorities in England did not detect any cases of tenancy fraud in 2011. Within England the figures for non-detecting local authorities ranged from 18 per cent in London up to 83 per cent in the east midlands.  The research found only 15 per cent of local authorities had a strategy for tackling tenancy fraud. Eighty five per cent of councils with a dedicated strategy or team identified cases of fraud, compared with only 19 per cent of the councils without a strategy.  Read more on the Callcredit website.