Revenge Porn - 1287/19

Date Responded 26 November 2019

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:

How many reports, records and charges have been made relating to "revenge porn" (distributing a private sexual image of someone without their consent and with the intention of causing them distress) to your force in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 thus far
The age (0-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60+)
and gender of victims in each year

In Response:

I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.

Data was collated through a search of crimes recorded under Home Office code 008/71 (Disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress) between 01/01/2016 and 31/10/2019.

1&2.

Year	0 to 9	10 to 19	20 to 29	30 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 or over	Unknown / Not Recorded
2016	0	16	41	22	5	2	1	1
2017	0	25	39	26	8	2	1	0
2018	0	23	60	25	4	3	0	0
2019	0	28	47	28	3	2	0	2
Total	0	92	187	101	20	9	2	3

Year	Female	Male	Unknown / Not Recorded
2016	70	18	0
2017	87	14	0
2018	91	24	0
2019	86	23	1
Total	334	79	1

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.