Deepfake intimate images 04/2026

FOI Reference: 04/2026

Request

Could you tell me how many reports / cases / people the force area has dealt with since June 2025 regarding the creation of, or requesting the creation of, purported intimate images of an adult, also known as explicit "deepfakes", under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025? If you could break this information down by stage and outcome, ie how many incidents were reported, how many people were questioned, cautioned, arrested, charged etc.

And also, if the information exists at this early stage in the law, how many charges resulted in a guilty verdict.

Response

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested, this is due to the fact that there were 0 (Zero) records found.

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

Furthermore, 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 12/01/2026)