If your address doesn’t automatically update on your credit report, it is best  to manually update it yourself. We will tell you how to do this shortly. You might be wondering if this is important, or if errors in your personal information will affect your credit rating. So let’s take a look.  The main reason why it is important to check your personal information on your credit report, and update if necessary, is because of fraud. Credit fraud is a lot more common than you might expect, and regularly checking your credit score allows you to spot this early on if it does happen to you.  Now, updating your address will not make you exempt from being at risk of credit fraud, but it will mean that you check your credit report more regularly. When you check your credit report to see if your personal information is correct, this will give you the opportunity to spot any credits that you do not recognize. Should you spot anything suspicious, this allows you to contact the necessary authorities to resolve the issue.  If you are not someone who regularly uses credit, then there is a good chance that you will not check your credit report that often. If you do not regularly check your credit report, then you are more at risk of falling victim to the credit report. Should you be one of these people, then checking if your address is correct might be the only opportunity that you have to catch any fraud. So, it is best to regularly check that your personal information is up-to-date on your credit report.