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Q1. The volume of crimes recorded and validated in the last five years which included ‘Grindr’ in the MO comments. 2019/20, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25
Q2. What was the crime type for those recorded in 2019/20, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25*
Q3. What was the outcome of the crimes recorded in 2019/20, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25*
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Q1. Please see the table below showing the number of crimes recorded which included the word ‘Grindr’ in the MO remarks/summary, in the financial years 2019/2020-2024/2025, broken down by financial year.
FY |
2019/2020 |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023/2024 |
2024/2025 |
Total |
Crime Count |
2 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
23 |
Q2. Please see the table below showing the number of crimes including the word ‘Grindr’, by crime type.
Crime Type |
Crime Count |
Fraud |
3 |
Misc Crimes Against Society |
1 |
Sexual Offences |
4 |
Theft: All Other Theft |
10 |
Violence Against The Person |
5 |
Total |
23 |
Q3. Please see the table below showing the outcome of the above crimes.
Crime Outcome |
Crime Count |
Charged/Summonsed |
1 |
Not in public interest (Police)
|
1 |
Evidential difficulties victim based – suspect not identified |
4 |
Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim supports police action |
2 |
Evidential difficulties prevent further action; victim does not support police action |
2 |
Investigation complete - no suspect identified
|
8 |
Not Recorded* |
5 |
Total |
23 |
*These outcomes relate to crimes still under investigation or awaiting an outcome to be applied.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.