Airbnb and TikTok crimes

Freedom of Information Act Request No: 2022-257

Version Date: 25/04/2022

 

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information:

1) In the 2021 calendar year how many crimes were logged by your force where Airbnb was recorded as being an element in the offence? 

[Note: I would hope that this could be achieved by a computer search on the MO of crimes for the word/s ‘airbnb’, ‘air bnb’, ‘air-bnb’ and ‘air bandb’.]

In 2021, we found one crime which mentioned the word 'AirBnB' (or another variation) in the Occurrence Summary.

 

2) Please provide me with a table showing a breakdown of the crimes from Question 1 that are ‘linked’ to Airbnb by its mention in the MO. 

Offence Description	Total
Public Order	1
Total	1

 

3) Please provide me with copies of the first 10 MOs that mention Airbnb. 

Incident	Occurrence Summary
1	Registered Sex Offender has been advertising residence on AirBNB under an alias which has not been registered with police

[Note: To avoid falling into an exemption I am content for the names, ages, geography or any other detail to be redacted to allow for the disclosure of the incident and how it relates to Airbnb.]

 

4) Could you please go through the same process in answering Question 1, 2 and 3 but instead of Airbnb please carry out the process in relation to the website Tik Tok?

In 2021, we found nine crimes which mentioned the word 'TikTok' (or another variation) in the Occurrence Summary.        

Main Crime Groups	Total
Other Offences	2
Violence Against the Person	7
Total	9

 

Incident	Occurrence Summary
1	Malicious communications - Tik Tok video
2	Malicious communications on Tik Tok
3	Explicit Tik Tok video
4	User of TikTok account has uploaded a self-generated Category C indecent video of a child
5	Malicious communications - Tik Tok challenge
6	Possible malicious communications - Tiktok account
7	A Category C indecent image of a child was uploaded to the Internet via a TikTok account.
8	Harrassment via Tik Tok
9	Accusations made about reporting person being a domestic abuser. The video was uploaded to TikTok and reporting person was then tagged in it.