2023/26287 - Upskirting

REQUEST

Please can you provide the following information, broken down by calendar year, for 2021 and 2022:

The number of “upskirting” crimes – section 67A of the Sex Offences Act inserted by Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019 – logged by the force in each year.

- Of these, what was the gender breakdown of victims

- How many had a type 1 outcome (“Charge / Summons”)

- How many had a type 14 outcome (“Evidential difficulties: suspect not identified; victim does not support further action”)

- How many had a type 15 outcome (Evidential difficulties: suspect identified; victim supports action”)

- How many had a type 16 outcome (“Evidential difficulties: suspect identified; victim does not support further action”)

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