Revenge Porn Onlyfans - 1225/21

Date Responded 21 September 2021

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 am requesting the number of reports of revenge porn each year over the last 2 tax years, with reports that mention the use of OnlyFans.

In Response:

The data has been found by searching for ‘onlyfans’ or ‘only fans’ in the narrative. Searches revealed that there were four incidents that included the terms searched for and were also crimes that were 'Disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress'.

This was checked using the MO and the incident description.

Fiscal Year	Count
2019/20	1
2020/21	3
Total	4

Disclaimer

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