Grindr Related Crimes
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/002460/A
Version Date: 29/10/2024
The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information.
For crimes reported between 01/01/2019 and 11/08/2024 that include the word "Grindr" (referring to the dating app only) AND whereby the alleged victim of the offence was under the age of 18, please provide how many people were:
(a) charged with an offence (and if so, for what),
Searches were completed on Niche using a free text search against the word ‘Grindr’ within the occurrence entry log and occurrence summary. A victim filter was used to search for any victims equal to or less than 18 years of age.
|
Outcome |
Count |
|
1: Charged |
1 |
|
Rape of a Male aged under 16 (Sec 1, SOA 2003) |
1 |
|
1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
1 |
|
Breach SHPO / interim SHPO / SOPO / interim SOPO / foreign travel order (recordable) |
1 |
(b) sentenced (and if so, for how long).
No information held.
This information will be held by the courts.