Revenge porn 255/2026
FOI Reference: 255/2026
Request:
1. Please provide the number of intimate image abuse / 'revenge porn' offences reported to the police force each year between:
- 1st July 2021-30th June 2022
- 1st July 2022-30th June 2023
- 1st July 2023-30th June 2024
- 1st July 2024-30th June 2025
- 1st July 2025-28th February 2026
Note: by intimate image abuse / 'revenge porn', we mean sharing or threatening to share private sexual photographs or films without the consent of the person or people depicted, which for cases from 31st January 2024 is a criminal offence under section 66(b) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, as inserted by the Online Safety Act 2003.
For cases prior to 31 January 2024, offences were convicted under section 33 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 and included a requirement for intent to cause distress. All the above includes 'deepfakes', which are digitally created and altered content in the form of fake images, videos and audio recordings.
2. Please provide the number of how many of the intimate image abuse / 'revenge porn' offences reported to the police each year between 1st July 2021-30th June 2022, 1st July 2022-30th June 2023, 1st July 2023-30th June 2024, 1st July 2024-30th June 2025 and 1st July 2025-28th February 2026 resulted in the following outcomes:
- Outcome type 1 (charged/summonsed)
- Outcome type 14 (evidential difficulties: suspect not identified; victim does not support further action)
- Outcome type 15 (evidential difficulties: suspect identified; victim supports action)
- Outcome type 16 (evidential difficulties: suspect identified; victim does not support further action)
Note: by intimate image abuse / 'revenge porn', we mean sharing or threatening to share private sexual photographs or films without the consent of the person or people depicted, which for cases from 31st January 2024 is a criminal offence under section 66(b) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, as inserted by the Online Safety Act 2003.
For cases prior to 31 January 2024, offences were convicted under section 33 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 and included a requirement for intent to cause distress. All the above includes 'deepfakes', which are digitally created and altered content in the form of fake images, videos and audio recordings.
3. Please provide the number of intimate image abuse / 'revenge' porn offences that specifically involved threats to share private sexual photographs or films as opposed to recorded crimes in which these photographs or films had already been shared in the following periods:
- 1st July 2021-30th June 2022
- 1st July 2022-30th June 2023
- 1st July 2023-30th June 2024
- 1st July 2024-30th June 2025
- 1st July 2025-28th February 2026
Note: by intimate image abuse / 'revenge porn', we mean sharing or threatening to share private sexual photographs or films without the consent of the person or people depicted, which for cases from 31st January 2024 is a criminal offence under section 66(b) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, as inserted by the Online Safety Act 2003.
For cases prior to 31 January 2024, offences were convicted under section 33 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 and included a requirement for intent to cause distress. All the above includes 'deepfakes', which are digitally created and altered content in the form of fake images, videos and audio recordings.
4. Please provide the number of intimate image abuse / 'revenge porn' offences that specifically included threats to share private photographs or resulted in outcome types 1, 14, 15 and 16 for the following periods:
- 1st July 2021-30th June 2022
- 1st July 2022-30th June 2023
- 1st July 2023-30th June 2024
- 1st July 2024-30th June 2025
- 1st July 2025-28th February 2026
Note: by intimate image abuse / 'revenge porn', we mean sharing or threatening to share private sexual photographs or films without the consent of the person or people depicted, which for cases from 31st January 2024 is a criminal offence under section 66(b) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, as inserted by the Online Safety Act 2003.
For cases prior to 31 January 2024, offences were convicted under section 33 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 and included a requirement for intent to cause distress. All the above includes 'deepfakes', which are digitally created and altered content in the form of fake images, videos and audio recordings.
5. Where possible, please supply data on the sex of victims who reported intimate image abuse / 'revenge porn' offences for the following periods:
- 1st July 2021- 30th June 2022
- 1st July 2022-30th June 2023
- 1st July 2023-30th June 2024
- 1st July 2024-30th June 2025
- 1st July 2025-28th February 2026
Note: by intimate image abuse / 'revenge porn', we mean sharing or threatening to share private sexual photographs or films without the consent of the person or people depicted, which for cases from 31st January 2024 is a criminal offence under section 66(b) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, as inserted by the Online Safety Act 2003.
For cases prior to 31 January 2024, offences were convicted under section 33 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 and included a requirement for intent to cause distress. All the above includes 'deepfakes', which are digitally created and altered content in the form of fake images, videos and audio recordings.
6. Where possible, please supply data on the sex of victims who reported threats to share private sexual photographs or films for the following periods:
- 1st July 2021- 30th June 2022
- 1st July 2022-30th June 2023
- 1st July 2023-30th June 2024
- 1st July 2024-30th June 2025
- 1st July 2025-28th February 2026
Note: by intimate image abuse / 'revenge porn', we mean sharing or threatening to share private sexual photographs or films without the consent of the person or people depicted, which for cases from 31st January 2024 is a criminal offence under section 66(b) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, as inserted by the Online Safety Act 2003.
For cases prior to 31 January 2024, offences were convicted under section 33 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 and included a requirement for intent to cause distress. All the above includes 'deepfakes', which are digitally created and altered content in the form of fake images, videos and audio recordings.
Response 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
Prior to the 2024 changes, This type of offence was broadly categorized under Miscellaneous Sexual Offences, I have reviewed the pre- Jan 31st 2024 offences and categorised them into the 2 offences below.
As of January 31, 2024, Home office code 88C was updated to include new offences introduced by the Online Safety Act 2023. (categorised below)
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Dates |
Sharing intimate photograph or film to cause alarm, distress or humiliation, or for sexual gratification |
Threaten to share intimate photograph or film |
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-1st July 2021- 30th June 2022 |
1 |
1 |
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-1st July 2022-30th June 2023 |
2 |
1 |
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-1st July 2023-30th June 2024 |
13 |
5 |
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-1st July 2024-30th June 2025 |
38 |
17 |
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-1st July 2025-28th February 2026 |
18 |
16 |
Response 2:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
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Sharing intimate photograph or film to cause alarm, distress or humiliation, or for sexual gratification |
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Dates |
Outcome type 1 (charged/ summonsed) |
-Outcome type 14 (evidential difficulties: suspect not identified; victim does not support further action) |
-Outcome type 15 (evidential difficulties: suspect identified; victim supports action) |
-Outcome type 16 (evidential difficulties: suspect identified; victim does not support further action) |
|
-1st July 2021- 30th June 2022 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
-1st July 2022-30th June 2023 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
-1st July 2023-30th June 2024 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
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-1st July 2024-30th June 2025 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
5 |
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-1st July 2025-28th February 2026 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
5 |
Response 3:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
Answered provided in response to question 1.
Response 4:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
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Threaten to share intimate photograph or film |
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Dates |
Outcome type 1 (charged/ summonsed) |
-Outcome type 14 (evidential difficulties: suspect not identified; victim does not support further action) |
-Outcome type 15 (evidential difficulties: suspect identified; victim supports action) |
-Outcome type 16 (evidential difficulties: suspect identified; victim does not support further action) |
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-1st July 2021- 30th June 2022 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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-1st July 2022-30th June 2023 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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-1st July 2023-30th June 2024 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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-1st July 2024-30th June 2025 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
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-1st July 2025-28th February 2026 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
Response 5:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
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Sharing intimate photograph or film to cause alarm, distress or humiliation, or for sexual gratification |
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Sex |
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Dates |
M |
F |
Not Stated |
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-1st July 2021- 30th June 2022 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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-1st July 2022-30th June 2023 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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-1st July 2023-30th June 2024 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
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-1st July 2024-30th June 2025 |
8 |
28 |
2 |
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-1st July 2025-28th February 2026 |
4 |
13 |
1 |
Response 6:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
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Threaten to share intimate photograph or film |
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Sex | ||
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Dates |
M |
F |
Not Stated |
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-1st July 2021- 30th June 2022 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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-1st July 2022-30th June 2023 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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-1st July 2023-30th June 2024 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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-1st July 2024-30th June 2025 |
4 |
13 |
0 |
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-1st July 2025-28th February 2026 |
3 |
12 |
1 |
It should also 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 19/03/2026)
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