Crimes involving snapchat 121/2026
FOI Reference: 121/2026
Request:
- The number of offence records listed in your crime database where the social media app ‘Snapchat’ was used.
Please identify these by conducting a free text search of your crime database, and provide information for every year between 2021 and 2026. Please give a figure for each year.
- A breakdown of the kind of offences recorded that involved Snapchat, for each year as above.
- The age and gender of the victims, for each year as above.
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Year |
Number of offences recorded where 'snapchat' was used. |
|
2021 |
233 |
|
2022 |
336 |
|
2023 |
428 |
|
2024 |
396 |
|
2025 |
358 |
|
2026 |
38 |
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below. (Please note that there was a change of recording systems in May 2023 which is why the data is split in the table below).
|
Offence Description |
2021 |
2022 |
Jan-May 2023 |
May-Dec 2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
|
MALCOMMS Malicious Communications |
91 |
113 |
56 |
|
|
|
|
|
HARASS1 Harassment |
39 |
70 |
24 |
|
|
|
|
|
OBSPUB Obscene Publications |
35 |
50 |
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
BLACKMAIL Blackmail |
4 |
33 |
27 |
|
|
|
|
|
SEXACTU16 Sexual Activity involving Child under 16 |
11 |
13 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
STALK Stalking |
11 |
10 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
SEXACTU13 Sexual Activity involving a Child under 13 |
15 |
6 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
SEXCOMMCHILD Engaging in Sexual Communication with a Child |
6 |
6 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
SEXGROOM Sexual Grooming |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDAMTH Threats or Possession with Intent to Commit Criminal Damage |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
THREATKILL Threats to kill |
3 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
HARASS4A Public Fear, Alarm or Distress - Public Order Act Sec 4a |
2 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
ASSCOMM Assault without injury |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CONTROLCOERCE Controlling & Coercive Behaviour |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
HATEINC Hate Incident |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NFIBINC NFIB Incident |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
AFFRAY Other Offences (Against the State and Public Order) |
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
POSSBLADE Possession of an article with a blade or point |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
SEXFO13 Sexual Assault on a Female aged 13 or over |
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
FRAUDINC Fraud Incident |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
BREACH-RESTRAIN Breach of a restraining order |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
RACIALHARASS Racially/Religiously Aggravated Harassment |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
HARASS4 Public Fear, Alarm or Distress - Public Order Act Sec 4 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RAPEFU13 Rape of a Female Child under 13 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RAPEFU16 Rape of a Female aged 13-15 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
SEXMENTAL Sexual Activity etc. with a Person with a Mental Disorder |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
VOYEUR Exposure & Voyeurism |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSABH47 Assault with Injury |
2 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
BREACH-NONMOL Breach of non-molestation order |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RACIALFAD Racially/Religiously Aggravated Public Fear, Alarm or Distress |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Harassment |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Malicious Communications |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER Other indictable or triable either way offences |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
RAPEFO16 Rape of a Female aged 16 or over |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Threats to kill |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Arson |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
Criminal Damage |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Other sexual offences |
|
|
|
19 |
55 |
58 |
1 |
|
Other theft |
|
|
|
39 |
25 |
15 |
|
|
Possession of drugs |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Rape |
|
|
|
|
4 |
2 |
|
|
Reported Incident of Rape |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Residential Burglary of Unconnected Building |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
Stalking and Harassment |
|
|
|
113 |
111 |
104 |
6 |
|
Trafficking of drugs |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
Violence with injury |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
|
Violence without injury |
|
|
|
3 |
15 |
10 |
2 |
|
Not recorded |
|
|
|
103 |
181 |
162 |
27 |
Response 3:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
|
Victim Gender |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
|
F |
154 |
187 |
203 |
202 |
175 |
18 |
|
M |
60 |
123 |
179 |
115 |
93 |
9 |
|
Not recorded |
19 |
26 |
46 |
79 |
90 |
11 |
For victim ages, please see attached: Crimes Involving Snapchat - Victim Age
It should be noted that Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime statistics to government bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally. However, the systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force's response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other response you may receive.
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 12/02/2026)
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