FOI 617-24 Revenge Porn
Enquiry Reference: 617 - 24
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
REQUEST 1
Please provide data on how many 'revenge porn' crimes that were recorded in the calendar year 2023 (to December)
Note: by 'revenge porn’, we mean sharing or threatening to share private sexual photographs or films without the consent of the person depicted and with intent to cause them distress, which was a criminal offence under section 33 of the 2015 Criminal Justice and Courts Act
The below tables contains the volume of 008/71 - Revenge Porn - Disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress valid in the calendar year 2023.
|
Crime type |
2023 |
|
008/71 - Revenge Porn - Disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress. |
99 |
REQUEST 2
Please supply data on how many of the ‘revenge porn’ crimes recorded by the police in the calendar years 2023 (to December) resulted in:
outcome type 1 (charged/summonsed)
outcome type 14 (Evidential difficulties: suspect not identified; victim does not support further action)
outcome type 15 (Evidential difficulties: suspect identified; victim supports action)
outcome type 16 (Evidential difficulties: suspect identified; victim does not support further action)
Of the above 99 crimes recorded in 2023 the below table contains the volume of outcomes for each of those requested.
|
Outcome requested |
Volume |
|
1: Charged |
4 |
|
1A: Alternate offence charged |
1 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
5 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
21 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
44 |
Please note that all statistical data supplied in relation to Freedom of Information requests is a snapshot of data held at the time the request was received by the Freedom of Information office and is subject to constant change/updates.
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker