FOI Revenge Porn (0448-2022/23)

Request

Q1) Number of reports of revenge porn made each year since 2015, including the age of the victims.

Q2) Result of these reports - how many reported offences resulted in the alleged perpetrator being charged, cautioned or handed a community resolution?

Q3)Number of times Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok are named in a report for revenge porn each year since 2015?

Response

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Q1) Number of reports of revenge porn made each year since 2015, including the age of the victims.

For this part of your request, the data reflects HO Crime Code 08/71 ‘Disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress’ and reflects only incidents where a victim is identified and recorded.

Table 1. North Yorkshire Police. Count Of HO Crime Code 08/71 By Year

Year	No Of Crimes Recorded
2015	17
2016	19
2017	46
2018	64
2019	71
2020	111
2021	110
2022 (to 29/08/2022	66

Table 2. North Yorkshire Police. HO Crime Code 08/71  Age Ranges Of Victims (where recorded)

2015 to 2022 (29/08/22)

Victim age Group	Number Of Victims
Not Recorded	6
10 - 14	10
15 - 19	103
20 - 24	110
25 - 29	105
30 - 34	62
35 - 39	45
40 - 44	21
45 - 49	17
50 - 54	19
55 and above	6

Q2) Result of these reports - how many reported offences resulted in the alleged perpetrator being charged, cautioned or handed a community resolution?

Please note – no caution disposals recorded in the requested period.

Table 3. North Yorkshire Police. HO Crime Code 08/71  Outcomes Recorded

2015 to 2022 (29/08/22)

Outcome	Charged/Summonsed	Community Resolution
Number Of Disposals	36	7

Q3)Number of times Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok are named in a report for revenge porn each year since 2015?

The following is based, as agreed, upon a “free-text” search of records by key words “Instagram”, “Facebook”, “Snapchat” and “TikTok”. The results obtained as a result of this search may not provide an accurate representation of the full picture in relation to the other data disclosed herein. This is because this data set relies upon the reporting person mentioning that a particular social media platform was used and the reporting officer making a note of that platform in the comments or modus operandi parts of a crime report.

Facebook is mentioned in 91 crimes.

Instagram is mentioned in 20 crimes.

Snapchat is mentioned in 38 crimes. It is also mentioned alongside Facebook in 3 of the above records and alongside Instagram in 1.

TikTok is mentioned in 1 crime alongside Instagram (recorded above).

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.