Monthly UK scam-call activity
UK scam call trends by month
A calendar view of every month with UK number-lookup activity in the WhoCalledLookup database. Click any month for the per-month leaderboard of reported and searched numbers — useful for tracking when a specific scam campaign peaked, or for citing in a news piece about a fraud wave.
Busiest month on record
The single busiest month in our 3 months of data is June 2026, with 2 community reports and 3,188 lookup searches across 2,947 distinct UK numbers. Against the previous month (May 2026), reports were down 50% on the previous month and searches were up 3120% on the previous month — the spike marking when that period’s scam activity peaked.
Reading the trend table
Three columns, three different signals:
- Reports — the number of approved community threads created in that month. Tracks editorial/qualitative activity.
- Searches — the number of lookup-form submissions that month. Tracks raw demand: how many UK people typed a number into our form.
- Distinct numbers — the count of unique E.164 numbers that appear in either of the above signals that month. A high distinct-number count with normal report/search volume usually means the underlying scam operation is rotating CLIs aggressively to evade blocking; a low distinct count with high volume usually means a single number is calling almost everyone.
The current month grows day by day until the next month opens. Historical months are immutable once their successor opens — which makes them safe to cite in news pieces and reference material.
Related lookups
- Numbers hubAll leaderboards + trending
- Top reported (all-time)Highest volume
- Recently reportedLast 30 days
- Most-searched UK numbersTop search demand
- Common UK scam patternsPillar guide
- Is this number a scam? UK fraud-call detectionCornerstone guide
- How to block spam calls on UK mobiles and landlinesCornerstone guide
- How to report a scam call in the UKCornerstone guide
- 070 personal-numbering scamsCornerstone guide
FAQs
Why does the current month look smaller than the previous one?
Because it isn't finished. The current month grows day by day; comparing it to a complete previous month at the start of the month is apples-to-oranges. A month is only fully counted on the first day of the following month.
How far back does the data go?
36 months. Older months drop off the index because UK caller-ID intent decays fast — a scam number from 2022 is essentially never relevant in 2026.
Can I cite a specific month page in a news article?
Yes. Once a month is closed (the first day of the following month opens), its leaderboard is immutable and the URL is stable. The page emits a CollectionPage JSON-LD schema so most citation tools can quote from it directly.