Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')
As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.
You asked:
I would like to know the number of persons under 16 arrested on suspicion of crimes involving Tinder/Bumble/Grindr/Facebook and Twitter for the past three years from January 2016 to date.
I would like the information to be broken down on a month by month basis by gender, age, summary of the charge and what police action was taken (e.g. charge, no further action, community referral etc)
In Response:
I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.
Month and Year |
Gender |
Age |
Summary of Charge |
Action Taken |
|
Apr 2016 |
M |
13 |
Take, permit to be taken or to make distribute or publish indecent photographs or pseudo - photographs of children |
102 Caution Youth |
|
Nov 2016 |
F |
13 |
Stalking without fear / alarm / distress |
102 Caution Youth |
|
Feb 2018 |
M |
15 |
Putting people in fear of violence |
101 Charge Summons |
|