Indecent images of children 794/2026

FOI Reference: 794/2026

Request:

a) The total number of recorded offences of indecent images (still or moving) of children and prohibited images of children for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026. 

b) The number of recorded offences which related to pseudo images of children or where Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated child abuse image was detected. 

c) For each offence for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 please break it down by the platform used to commit the offence where known using the following key word search:  Snapchat, Facebook/Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, X/Twitter, Kik, TikTok, YouTube, Discord, Skype, Facetime, Roblox, Oculus, VR, Metaverse, Only Fans, Signal, iCloud, iMessage, Dropbox, Mega, Patreon, Reddit, Imgur, and other social media or messaging site, other cloud storage sites and online gaming.  

d) What is the total number of perpetrators linked to the offences in question A?

Response a:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

333 offences (‘Possession of an indecent or pseudo indecent photo of a child’, ‘Take/make/distribute indecent photographs or pseudo – photographs, of children’ & ‘Possessing prohibited images of children’) between April 2025 to March 2026.

Response b:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

1 offence.

Please note that a key word search of the summary was used, therefore any offences that did not include artificial intelligence/AI in the summary would not appear in the search.

Response c:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Snapchat – 46 offences

Facebook – 4 offences

Instagram – 10 offences

WhatsApp – 5 offences

X / Twitter – 1 offence

TikTok – 1 offence

YouTube – 3 offences

Discord – 1 offence

Facetime – 1 offence

Roblox – 1 offence

Total – 73 offences

Please note that a key word search of the summary was used, therefore any offences that did not include the listed applications in the summary would not appear in the search.

Response d:

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

133 perpetrators linked to offences in question A.

This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 04/09/2026.