Disclosure of images (FOI Ref: 226A 25)
Request
Please could you provide us with the numbers in relation to the following information, for the period 31st January 2024 to 30th January 2025, concerning Sharing or threatening to share an intimate photograph or film under Section 66b of the Sexual Offences Act (2003) where the victim is aged 18 or older:
- Reported cases
- Arrests
- Outcomes:
- No further action (with further detail, if possible)
- Charges
- Other resolutions
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
The recorded crime offences with outcomes figures will differ to the arrest figures. This is because in order to deal with an offence a Police Officer may invite the suspect in for a voluntary interview and the person can be dealt with that way – the outcome and subsequent court hearing (if any) is the same. Therefore, not all suspects are “arrested”.
Below is all recorded crime with the outcomes and arrests.
|
Short Offence Title |
Not recorded |
Caution – Adult (Inc Conditional Caution) |
Charge or Summons |
Community Resolution |
Evidential Difficulties - Victim Based - Named suspect not identified |
Further action will be taken by another body |
Investigation Complete: No suspect identified |
Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (no victim support) |
Named Suspect identified: evidential difficulties prevent further action (victim support) |
|
Share photograph or film of person in intimate state without consent |
7 |
|
|
|
6 |
1 |
3 |
23 |
11 |
|
Sharing intimate photograph or film to cause alarm, distress or humiliation, or for sexual gratification |
55 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
37 |
4 |
69 |
225 |
93 |
|
Threaten to share intimate photograph or film |
16 |
|
1 |
1 |
17 |
|
33 |
105 |
25 |
|
Grand Total |
78 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
60 |
5 |
105 |
353 |
129 |
|
Arrests for offences below |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Share photograph or film of person in intimate state without consent |
11 |
1 |
|
Sharing intimate photograph or film to cause alarm, distress or humiliation, or for sexual gratification |
75 |
4 |
|
Threaten to share intimate photograph or film |
22 |
2 |
The above data is for the period 31st January 2024 to 30th January 2025.
Please note that the ** not recorded ** data indicates that the matter is still being investigated and an outcome is yet to be recorded.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.