2021/24345 - Dating Apps

REQUEST

How many offences has your force recorded where the key term “Tinder” has been used? (ie where the term Tinder has been mentioned in the MO field of a crime report)? In 2017? 2018? 2019? 2020? 2021?

How many offences has your force recorded where the key term “Bumble” has been used? (ie where the term Bumble has been mentioned in the MO field of a crime report)? In 2017? 2018? 2019? 2020? 2021?

How many offences has your force recorded where the key term “Happn” has been used? (ie where the term Happn has been mentioned in the MO field of a crime report)? In 2017? 2018? 2019? 2020? 2021?

How many offences has your force recorded where the key term “Hinge” has been used? (ie where the term Hinge has been mentioned in the MO field of a crime report)? In 2017? 2018? 2019? 2020? 2021?

How many offences has your force recorded where the key term “dating app” has been used? (ie where the term dating app has been mentioned in the MO field of a crime report)? In 2017? 2018? 2019? 2020? 2021?

How many offences has your force recorded where the key term “online dating” has been used? (ie where the term online dating has been mentioned in the MO field of a crime report)? In 2017? 2018? 2019? 2020? 2021?

When providing the data, please can you specify the nature of the crime (eg. sexual assault) and whether it resulted in a charge (y/n) and whether it resulted in a conviction (y/n). Please treat each year as a calendar year from Jan-Dec, apart from 2021, could you include data for January to June.

I am aware of the limitations on your time and resources that can be applied for each FOI request. If you are able to do so within those constraints, could you also supply for each offence:

 - The sex of the alleged victim

 - The age of the alleged victim (This can be divided into age ranges if easier).

 - Whether or not the accused had a previous conviction

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