Online harassment and cyberbullying
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/001954/N
Version Date: 14/05/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
For online harassment, we searched using the cyber flag in the finalisation class field. For cyberbullying, we searched for any crimes that have ‘cyber bully’ recorded in the occurrence entry log of the offence.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information.
-The number of incidences of online harassment reported in the 2023, 2022, and 2021 calendar years.
- 2023 - 1860
- 2022 - 1375
- 2021 – 1130
- The number of incidences of cyberbullying reported in the 2023, 2022, and 2021 calendar years.
- 2023 - 5
- 2022 - 7
- 2021 - 5