FOI 645-24 TikTok offences
Enquiry Reference: 645- 24
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
- In the last 3 years, how many offences/alleged offences has the force logged where TikTok was recorded as being an element in the offence? [Between April 6 - April 5 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24]
The below table contains the volume of crimes recorded and validated in the last 3 financial years which included ‘TikTok’ in the MO comments. The analyst used various spelling/capitalisation to cover possible errors.
‘Tiktok’ appearing in the MO comments does not necessarily mean it was an element in the offence but purely that the word was featured In the comments.
To note the analyst has provided full months rather than from April 6th as this would not be valid data wise as we report on full months.
|
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023/2024 |
|
72 |
98 |
107 |
1a) What were the nature of offences for 2023/24 only?
By ‘nature of the offence’ we have interpreted this to mean ‘crime type’.
The below contains the volume of crimes by crime type for those recorded in the financial year 2023/24 only.
|
Crime Type |
Volume |
|
8L - Harassment |
32 |
|
8R - Malicious Communications |
12 |
|
8Q - Stalking |
11 |
|
66 - Other Offences against the State and Public Order |
10 |
|
86 - Obscene Publications, etc. and Protected Sexual Material |
10 |
|
88A - Sexual Grooming |
5 |
|
105A - Assault Without Injury |
4 |
|
35 - Blackmail |
4 |
|
88C - Other Miscellaneous Sexual Offences |
4 |
|
8N - Assault with Injury |
3 |
|
9A - Public Fear Alarm or Distress |
3 |
|
21 - Sexual Activity involving a Child under 13 |
3 |
|
19C - Rape of a Female aged 16 and over |
2 |
|
36 - Kidnapping |
1 |
|
58A - Criminal Damage to a Dwelling |
1 |
|
58C - Criminal Damage to a Vehicle |
1 |
|
5E - Endangering Life |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
107 |
1b) What police action was taken for offences in 2023/24 only?
By ‘police action taken’ we have interpreted this to mean the ‘outcome of the crime’.
The outcome of the crimes in 2023/24 are below.
|
Outcome |
Volume |
|
1: Charged |
6 |
|
11: Named suspect below age of criminal responsibility |
2 |
|
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
7 |
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
1 |
|
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
8 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
33 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
36 |
|
21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
5 |
|
New |
9 |
|
Grand Total |
107 |
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker