FOI 387038
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 387038
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 31st January 2025 . Please find below the response to your 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
Reply
West Mercia Police hold the information you have requested.
There were 13 arrests, below is a full breakdown of outcomes and number of reports.
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Outcome of investigations recorded with Home Office Classification of 088/15 between 31/01/24 & 30/01/25 with a victim who was aged 18 or over |
Total |
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Sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film to cause alarm, distress or humiliation, or for sexual gratification |
111 |
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Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
1 |
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Type 12 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Too Ill (Physical Or Mental Health) To Prosecute, or confirmed died either before crime reported or before enough evidence to charge |
1 |
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Type 14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender |
8 |
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Type 15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action |
18 |
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Type 16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
42 |
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Type 17 - Prosecution Time Limit Expired: Suspect Identified But Prosecution Time Limit Has Expired |
1 |
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Type 18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
14 |
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Ongoing Investigation |
26 |
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Grand Total |
111 |