Tik Tok related offences
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/2153
Version Date: 22/07/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Source:
We downloaded all data from the Crime – Niche database.
Once we extracted the data, it was filtered against the occurrence summary for the keywords “TikTok” and “Tik Tok” to give us more accurate data
Data Limitation:
A keyword search only indicates the presence of the word and not its relevance to the offence
1. In the last 3 years, how many offences/alleged offences has the force logged where TikTok was recorded as being an element in the offence? [Between April 6 - April 5 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24]
|
Time period |
Count |
|
6th Apr 2021 to 5th Apr 2022 |
14 |
|
6th Apr 2022 to 5th Apr 2023 |
16 |
|
6th Apr 2023 to 5th Apr 2024 |
16 |
|
Total |
46 |
1a) What were the nature of offences for 2023/24 only?
|
Crime Description |
Count |
|
|
Blackmail |
1 |
|
|
Harassment |
6 |
|
|
Malicious Communications |
5 |
|
|
Obscene publications |
3 |
|
|
Stalking |
1 |
|
|
Total |
16 |
|
1b) What police action was taken for offences in 2023/24 only?
|
Outcome |
Count |
|
Investigation complete no suspect identified |
3 |
|
Named suspect below age of criminal responsibility |
1 |
|
Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
3 |
|
Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
3 |
|
Under investigation |
1 |
|
Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
2 |
|
Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
2 |
|
Youth conditional caution |
1 |
|
Total |
16 |