ROBLOX & MINECRAFT related crimes (FOI Ref: 1810/26)
For the time period April 2022 to current date:
Q1. Please use a keyword search for the following words in recorded crime modus operandi – the number of recorded crimes for each word (please present the data in calendar year)
ROBLOX
MINECRAFT
Q2. Of the results in Q1 please state the ages of the victims (please group ages under 10; 11 – 20; etc )
Q3. Of the results in Q1 please provide the short offence title
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
Please note:
Keyword searches are notoriously unreliable, the reasons why searches using this method are not reliable include (but are not limited to) the following:-
- a) Searches rely on the keywords being spelt correctly with no grammatical errors
- b) Searches rely on the keywords actually being mentioned in the summary description of the record – if they are mentioned anywhere else within the record but not in the summary, then they will not feature in any results
Q1. Please use a keyword search for the following words in recorded crime modus operandi – the number of recorded crimes for each word (please present the data in calendar year)
ROBLOX
MINECRAFT
|
Calendar Year |
'Roblox' Matched |
'Minecraft' Matched |
|
2022 |
12 |
1 |
|
2023 |
28 |
6 |
|
2024 |
42 |
4 |
|
2025 |
67 |
7 |
|
2026 |
49 |
5 |
Q2. Of the results in Q1 please state the ages of the victims (please group ages under 10; 11 – 20; etc )
|
Victim Age |
'Roblox' Matched |
'Minecraft' Matched |
|
0 - 10 |
55 |
6 |
|
11 - 20 |
96 |
5 |
|
21 - 30 |
8 |
1 |
|
31 - 40 |
5 |
0 |
|
41 - 50 |
1 |
1 |
|
51+ |
1 |
4 |
Q3. Of the results in Q1 please provide the short offence title
|
Short Offence Title |
'Roblox' Matched |
'Minecraft' Matched |
|
Arrange or facilitate travel of another person with a view to exploitation |
2 |
0 |
|
Arson not endangering life |
1 |
0 |
|
Assault with Injury - s.20 - Malicious wounding: wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm |
1 |
0 |
|
Assault with Injury - s.47 - Assault occasioning actual bodily harm |
2 |
1 |
|
Assault without Injury - Common assault and battery |
5 |
3 |
|
Attempted - Send communication threatening death or serious harm |
1 |
0 |
|
Blackmail |
4 |
0 |
|
Breach of non-molestation order |
1 |
0 |
|
Burglary - Residential |
0 |
1 |
|
Cause or incite the sexual exploitation of a child - Child 13 - 17 |
3 |
0 |
|
Causing a child aged 13 -15 to watch a sexual act - Offender aged 18 or over |
1 |
0 |
|
Causing or inciting a female child under 13 to engage in sexual activity - no penetration |
23 |
0 |
|
Causing or inciting a female child under 13 to engage in sexual activity by an offender under 18 years of age - no penetration |
3 |
1 |
|
Causing or inciting a male child under 13 to engage in sexual activity - no penetration |
6 |
0 |
|
Causing or inciting a male child under 13 to engage in sexual activity by an offender under 18 years of age - no penetration |
1 |
0 |
|
Causing or inciting sexual activity with a female child aged 13 - 15, offender under 18 - no penetration |
5 |
0 |
|
Causing or inciting sexual activity with a female child aged 13 - 15, offender under 18 - penetration |
0 |
1 |
|
Causing or inciting sexual activity with a female child aged 13 -15, offender 18 or over - no penetration |
5 |
0 |
|
Causing or inciting sexual activity with a male child aged 13 -15, offender 18 or over - no penetration |
3 |
0 |
|
Cruelty to Children/Young Persons - Cruelty to and neglect of children |
9 |
1 |
|
Cruelty to Children/Young Persons - Neglecting to provide for safety at children's entertainment |
1 |
0 |
|
Engage in controlling/coercive behaviour in an intimate / family relationship. |
1 |
0 |
|
Engage in sexual communication with a child under 16 - offender 18 or over |
25 |
0 |
|
Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child under 13 by an offender aged 18 or over |
2 |
0 |
|
Fear or provocation of violence |
1 |
0 |
|
Harassment |
5 |
0 |
|
Harassment - Breach of a restraining order |
2 |
0 |
|
Harassment - Pursue course of conduct in breach of Sec 1 (1) which amounts to stalking |
3 |
0 |
|
Harassment - Putting people in fear of violence |
5 |
0 |
|
Harassment - Stalking involving serious alarm/distress |
2 |
0 |
|
Other criminal damage, other (Under £5,000) |
1 |
0 |
|
Possessing prohibited images of children |
1 |
0 |
|
Racially or religiously aggravated common assault or beating |
1 |
0 |
|
Racially or religiously aggravated Harassment or stalking with fear of violence |
1 |
0 |
|
Racially or religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress |
0 |
1 |
|
Rape of a female child under 13 by a male |
0 |
1 |
|
Residential burglary of a home |
0 |
2 |
|
Send communication threatening death or serious harm |
11 |
1 |
|
Send false communication with intent to cause harm |
1 |
0 |
|
Send indecent or grossly offensive communication to cause distress or anxiety |
25 |
1 |
|
Send photograph or film of genitals to cause alarm distress or humiliation |
3 |
1 |
|
Sexual activity with a female child under 13 by an offender under 18 years of age - no penetration |
2 |
0 |
|
Sexual assault on a female aged 13 or over - no penetration |
1 |
0 |
|
Sexual assault on a male child under 13 - no penetration |
0 |
1 |
|
Sharing intimate photograph or film to cause alarm, distress or humiliation, or for sexual gratification |
1 |
0 |
|
Take or to make or to distribute indecent photographs or pseudo- photographs, of children |
18 |
0 |
|
Theft from a motor vehicle |
1 |
1 |
|
Theft from shops and stalls |
1 |
5 |
|
Theft if not classified elsewhere |
0 |
1 |
|
Threaten to share intimate photograph or film |
3 |
0 |
|
Threats to kill |
4 |
0 |
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