Revenge Porn 2016 to 2021 (708A/21)
Request
Q1: Under the Freedom of Information request 2000, I would like to know how many crimes categorised as “revenge porn” have been reported to West Midlands Police in the last five years to date please.
Q2: I would like the information categorised into ages and genders of victims and offenders and also the outcomes of the cases please.
Response
Q1:
| Year | Number |
| 2016 | 114 |
| 2017 | 126 |
| 2018 | 150 |
| 2019 | 243 |
| 2020 | 317 |
| 2021* | 96 |
| Total | 1046 |
*to 7/4/2021 inclusive
Q2:by Victim Age and Gender
| Age | Female | Male | n/k | Total |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| 17 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 39 |
| 18 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 53 |
| 19 | 75 | 9 | 0 | 84 |
| 20 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 67 |
| 21 | 65 | 9 | 0 | 74 |
| 22 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 55 |
| 23 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 73 |
| 24 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 49 |
| 25 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 63 |
| 26 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 45 |
| 27 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 39 |
| 28 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 42 |
| 29 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 43 |
| 30 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| 31 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 32 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 25 |
| 33 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 29 |
| 34 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| 35 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| 36 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| 37 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 38 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 39 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 40 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 41 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 43 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 44 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 45 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 48 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 53 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| N/K | 9 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| Total | 921 | 176 | 9 | 1106 |
By Defendant Age and Gender
| Age | Female | Male | n/k | Total |
| 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 23 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| N/K | 0 | 0 | 977 | 977 |
| Total | 29 | 100 | 977 | 1106 |
by Clear up Code Description and Year
| Clear up Code Description | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
| Adult Caution (Alt Offence) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Caution – Adult | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 35 |
| Caution – Youth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Charge | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| Charge / Summons (Alt Offence) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Community Resolution | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Filed, no Susp, no further enq | 22 | 26 | 23 | 52 | 66 | 17 | 206 |
| Further non-Police Action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Not Public Interest Police | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Postal Charge | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Susp ID: No Victim Support | 32 | 36 | 67 | 85 | 117 | 29 | 366 |
| Susp ID: Not in public interest | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Susp ID: Oth Evidential Difficulty | 25 | 36 | 31 | 83 | 86 | 18 | 279 |
| Susp ID: Vict Evidential Difficulty | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| n/k | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 50 |
| Total | 114 | 126 | 150 | 243 | 317 | 96 | 1046 |
Please note that the victims / offenders may have a higher figure that the actual crimes as in some cases there may be more than one victim of offender.
Please note that these data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
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