FOI 130/26 Crimes on Snapchat
Date: 27/02/26
Enquiry Reference: FOI 130-26
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Your request is below with our response.
- The number of offence records listed in your crime database where the social media app ‘Snapchat’ was used.
Please identify these by conducting a free text search of your crime database and provide information for every year between 2021 and 2026. Please give a figure for each year.
2021 – 420
2022 – 560
2023 – 667
2024 – 509
2025 – 535
- A breakdown of the kind of offences recorded that involved Snapchat, for each year as above.
|
Year/Category |
Count |
|
2021 |
420 |
|
Arson |
2 |
|
Criminal Damage |
1 |
|
Misc Crimes Against Society |
100 |
|
NFIB Fraud |
1 |
|
Other sexual offences |
53 |
|
Other theft |
4 |
|
Possession of weapons |
1 |
|
Public Order |
12 |
|
Rape |
6 |
|
Stalking and harassment |
230 |
|
Unknown |
1 |
|
Violence with injury |
3 |
|
Violence without injury |
6 |
|
2022 |
560 |
|
Bicycle theft |
1 |
|
Criminal Damage |
2 |
|
Misc Crimes Against Society |
130 |
|
NFIB Fraud |
2 |
|
Other sexual offences |
66 |
|
Other theft |
28 |
|
Public Order |
14 |
|
Rape |
6 |
|
Robbery |
1 |
|
Stalking and harassment |
297 |
|
Theft from the person |
3 |
|
Violence with injury |
7 |
|
Violence without injury |
3 |
|
2023 |
667 |
|
Criminal Damage |
1 |
|
Misc Crimes Against Society |
149 |
|
NFIB Fraud |
1 |
|
Other sexual offences |
101 |
|
Other theft |
51 |
|
Public Order |
19 |
|
Rape |
6 |
|
Stalking and harassment |
327 |
|
Theft from the person |
1 |
|
Violence with injury |
5 |
|
Violence without injury |
6 |
|
2024 |
509 |
|
Criminal Damage |
3 |
|
Misc Crimes Against Society |
162 |
|
Misc Sexual Offences |
2 |
|
NFIB Fraud |
2 |
|
Other sexual offences |
102 |
|
Other theft |
18 |
|
Possession of weapons |
2 |
|
Public Order |
9 |
|
Rape |
5 |
|
Residential Burglary of a Home |
2 |
|
Robbery |
1 |
|
Stalking and harassment |
190 |
|
Violence with injury |
5 |
|
Violence without injury |
6 |
|
2025 |
535 |
|
Bicycle theft |
1 |
|
Misc Crimes Against Society |
168 |
|
NFIB Fraud |
2 |
|
Other sexual offences |
120 |
|
Other theft |
11 |
|
Public Order |
20 |
|
Rape |
3 |
|
Robbery |
1 |
|
Stalking and harassment |
195 |
|
Violence with injury |
7 |
|
Violence without injury |
7 |
|
Grand Total |
2691 |
- The age and gender of the victims, for each year as above.
|
Year/Age group |
Female |
Male |
u/k |
Total |
|
2021 |
237 |
78 |
105 |
420 |
|
Less than 18 |
151 |
49 |
1 |
201 |
|
18-30 |
56 |
22 |
78 |
|
|
31-40 |
20 |
3 |
23 |
|
|
41-50 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
51-60 |
3 |
3 |
||
|
61+ |
3 |
3 |
||
|
State |
104 |
104 |
||
|
2022 |
283 |
141 |
136 |
560 |
|
Less than 18 |
180 |
99 |
2 |
281 |
|
18-30 |
77 |
35 |
1 |
113 |
|
31-40 |
21 |
3 |
24 |
|
|
41-50 |
4 |
4 |
||
|
51-60 |
1 |
1 |
||
|
61+ |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
State |
131 |
131 |
||
|
Unknown |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
2023 |
297 |
198 |
172 |
667 |
|
Less than 18 |
206 |
129 |
3 |
338 |
|
18-30 |
61 |
53 |
1 |
115 |
|
31-40 |
20 |
11 |
31 |
|
|
41-50 |
9 |
5 |
14 |
|
|
51-60 |
1 |
1 |
||
|
State |
168 |
168 |
||
|
2024 |
188 |
131 |
190 |
509 |
|
Less than 18 |
124 |
96 |
13 |
233 |
|
18-30 |
46 |
28 |
74 |
|
|
31-40 |
15 |
6 |
21 |
|
|
41-50 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
61+ |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
State |
174 |
174 |
||
|
Unknown |
1 |
1 |
||
|
2025 |
227 |
106 |
202 |
535 |
|
Less than 18 |
151 |
75 |
14 |
240 |
|
18-30 |
51 |
19 |
7 |
77 |
|
31-40 |
21 |
6 |
1 |
28 |
|
41-50 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
|
51-60 |
1 |
1 |
||
|
61+ |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
State |
177 |
177 |
||
|
Unknown |
3 |
3 |
||
|
Grand Total |
1232 |
654 |
805 |
2691 |
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