Revenge porn
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/004166/Z
Version Date: 27/01/2026
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:
We have answered this FOI in relation to the following offences:
• Send/threaten to share photograph or film of a person in an intimate state - s188 Online Safety Act 2023/s66B SOA 2003
• Send/threaten to share photograph or film of a person in an intimate state intending to cause alarm, distress, humiliation or for the purposes of sexual gratification - SOA 2003 s66B
• Share/threaten to share photograph or film of person in an intimate state without consent - SOA 2003 s66B (1) & (9)
1. The total number of cases of intimate image abuse / revenge porn received by the police force between 31 June 2025 to 1 January 2026.
70
2. The total number of these cases within this timeframe that were closed with no further action by the police force.
As this question could mean a few things, Performance Analysis have provided a table showing all outcomes:
Latest Stats Class Status |
Count |
1: Charged |
1 |
3: Adult conditional caution |
2 |
8: Community resolution |
1 |
14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
4 |
15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
6 |
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
13 |
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
15 |
20: Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
1 |
21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
7 |
22: Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, has been undertaken and there is no public interest to continue |
4 |
New |
16 |
Grand Total |
70 |
3. The number of cases within this timeframe that were closed without further action due to evidential difficulties
6
4. The number of cases within this timeframe that were closed without further action because they were not deemed to be in the public interest.
11