FOI 138-2025 / Jan 2025 / Intimate photos
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 138-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 31st January 2025 as follows:
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:
o No further action (with further detail, if possible)
o Charges
o Other resolutions
Please find the Warwickshire Police response to your request set out below.
Response: When reviewing the below information please note that searches were conducted for all crimes, recorded from 31st January 2024 to 30th January 2025, with a primary offence classification of one of the below Home Office Notifiable Crimes, and where there was at least one victim recorded who was aged 18 or over.
- 88/15 - Threaten to share intimate photograph or film, Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 66B (4)(10)
- 88/15 - Sharing intimate photograph or film to cause alarm, distress or humiliation, or for sexual gratification, Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 66B (2)(3) and (10)
- 175/08 - Share photograph or film of person in intimate state without consent, Sexual Offences Act 2003 Sec 66B (1) and (9)
The resulting records were then reviewed to determine whether there was a linked custody reference denoting an arrest.
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88/15 & 175/08 – Victim aged 18 or over 31st January 2024 to 30th January 2025 |
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73 |
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With linked custody record (denoting an arrest) |
|
4 |
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Outcomes |
Total |
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Type 1 - Charged/Summonsed/Postal Requisition |
2 |
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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 |
14 |
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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 |
27 |
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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 |
11 |
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Under Investigation |
11 |
|
Grand Total |
73 |
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible. However, it is important to note that the data is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and care should therefore be taken to ensure data collection processes, and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB