Revenge Porn Crimes 2021/22 – 23A/22
Request
Please could you tell me how many crimes categorised as “revenge porn” were reported to West Midlands Police in total in 2021, along with how many have been reported so far in 2022
Response
“Revenge Porn” is not a specific criminal offence, we do not categorise any offences as revenge porn and as such we cannot search for this title. However, in order to assist we have searched under the following titles.
Please be aware that the offence titles including threats to disclose only apply to incidents reported after the 29th June 2021, and likewise, those only including disclosure only apply to incidents prior to that date:
| Disclose or threats to disclose private sexual photographs/film with intent to cause distress | ||||||
| Attempted – Disclose or threats to disclose private sexual photographs/film with intent to cause distress | ||||||
| Disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress | ||||||
| Attempted – Disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress.
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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.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.
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