Knife Crime and Social Media - 078/2020

I am sending this request under the Freedom of Information Act.

1) Please state the number of cases of violence against a person involving a “sharp or bladed instrument” that contain the following keywords

1. Tinder
2. Snapchat
3. Instagram

Please identify these by conducting a free text search of your crime database, and provide information for each of the last five financial years, and the current financial year to 22.01.20.

2) Please provide a breakdown of the specific type of offences recorded that included these keywords, for each individual keyword

3) Please provide an anonymised copy of free text report for each incident recorded.

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