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I am currently researching the issues of Cyber-Stalking and Cyber-Harassment and whether new legislations has made an impact on the amount of crimes reported and convicted. I write to you to request a copy of the following information in order to facilitate my research. a.) The number of harassment and stalking reports made, which in some way relate to the social network site "Facebook" between the years 2010-2015. b.) The outcome of these reports. For instance whether they resulted in a conviction. On 22/01/2016, we advised you of the following: Your request as it currently stands would exceed the cost threshold allowed for Freedom of Information Act requests. Manual searches would have to be made to locate the information you require as some of the information may be recorded on CRIS (Crime Reporting Information System) on the Dets (details of investigation) pages. These pages are not searchable by automatic means. Subject to any exemptions that might apply, we would be able to offer you the following using an automatic, keyword search; A count of crime reports that have a confirmed offence of harassment where the word 'Facebook' is present in the classification method field of the report. Please note however the following: The Method field is a brief summary of the crime written by the reporting officer. It is completely free text and as such searching it's contents are not definitive. Also errors of spelling will be missed by the keyword search used. Please be aware that the mention of the word Facebook does not necessarily imply Facebook was in anyway a component of the crime, e.g."Victim was reading Facebook and then saw a man watching her through the window". Additionally, the MPS does not collate conviction data.

On 22/01/2016, you confirmed that you were content to redefine your request to the above. DECISION I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find attached information pursuant to your request above. Please refer to the attached document

Information Rights Unit

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Crime reports featuring the phrase " Facebook " in the Summary For Reports Recorded Between 01 /01 /2010 and 31 /12/201 5 Protect ive Marking Not Protectively Marked Sui table for Publi cation S c heme Yes Ad - Hoc Re feren ce Number 4 51 1 FOIA/MOPAC Ref Number

2016010000157 -

Summary Crime repo rts feat uring the phra s e "Facebook " in the Summary C reating Bran ch / Directorate

Met HQ - Performance & Ass uran ce

Date C reated

1 8 /01/201 6

Rev iew Date 01/04/201 8

This report uses LIVE DATA extracted from : CRIS Date Live data was extracted : 18th Janua ry 201 6 The data in this report reflects live data which may be subject to small changes over tim e

Need to request some more data ? Submit a new FOI request here if you are external to the MP S Submit a new FOI request here if you are internal to the MP S Police forces in the United Kingdom are routinely required to provide crime sta tistics to gove rn ment bodies and the recording criteria is set nationally . However, the systems used for recording thes e figures are not gene ri c, nor are the procedures used locally in captu ri ng the crime data. It should be noted that for these reasons this force's response to your questions should not be used for compa rison purposes with any other response you may receive . Last Refresh Date : 18/01/16 Ad- Hoc Req : 4511

MetHQ Performance and Assurance - 78313 1 If you have any queries with this repo rt, please contact the Helpdesk

Data is subject to daily change OO MOPAC 2016

M E TR OPO LITAN POLICE MET HQ: PERFORMANCE & ASSURANC E

Notes The data in this report was retrieved from the CRIS database on 18/01 /201 6 The data consists of a count of C ri me Reports that have a confirmed offence of Harrassment (Minor Classification 15) , where the word "Facebook" is pre sent in the Classification Method field of the report. The Method field is a br ief summary of the cri me written by the re po rting offi ce r . It is completely free text and as such searching its contents is not defin it ive . Also erro rs of spelli ng wi ll be m issed by the keyword search used . Please be aware that the mention of the word Facebook does not necessar ily imply Facebook was in anyway a component of the cr ime , e .g . "Victim was reading Facebook and Men saw a man watching her through the window" . Minor ClassificaEon 15 - Harrassment consists of the following Offences :

008/29 Harassment Breach of conditions f injunction aga inst harassment. 008/30 Harassment Putting people i n fear of v iolence.

008/31 Harassment Breach of restraining order. 008/36 Racially or Religiously Aggravated Public Fear, Alarm or Distress Racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress. 008/37 Racially or Religiously Aggravated Harassment Racially or religiously aggravated harassment. 008/38 Racially or Religiously Aggravated Harassment Racially or religiously aggravated putting people in fear of violence. 008143 Racially or Religiously Aggravated Public Fear, Alarm or Distress Racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress. 008144 Racially or Religiously Aggravated Harassment Racially or religiously aggravated harassment. 008145 Racially or Religiously Aggravated Harassment Racially or religiously aggravated putting people in fear of violence. i ll r ligi ly Aggr v li r, Al rm r 008149 Rac a y o Re ous a ated Pub c Fea a o Distress Racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress. 008150 Racially or Religiously Aggravated Harassment Racially or religiously aggravated harassment. 008151 Racially or Religiously Aggravated Harassment Racially or religiously aggravated putting people in fear of violence. 008/55 Racially or Rel igiously Aggravated Publ ic Fear , Alarm or Distress Racially or rel ig iously aggravated intent ional harassment, alarm or distress 008/56 Racially or Rel igiously Aggravated Harassment Racially or rel ig iously aggravated harassment or stalk ing without violence 008/58 Racially or Rel igiously Aggravated Harassment Racially or rel igiously aggravated harassment or stalking w ith fear of violence 008/65 Harrassment Stalki ng i nvolving fear of violence, protect ion from Hartassment Ad 1997 008/66 Harrassment Stalking i nvolv ing serious alarm/Distress 008/71 Disclose pr ivate sexual photographs and fi lms w ith intent to cause d istress Disclose pr ivate sexual photographs and fi lms with intent to cause distress 008/72 Sending letters etc w ith intent to cause distress or anxiety Sending letters etc w ith intent to cause distress or anxiet y 066/09 Racially or Rel igiously Aggravated Publ ic Fear , Alarm or Distress Racially or rel igiously aggravated fear or provocation of violence . 066/10 Racially or Rel igiously Aggravated Publ ic Fear , Alarm or Distress Racially or rel igiously aggravated fear or provocation of violence . 066/16 Racially or Rel igiously Aggravated Publ ic Fear , Alarm or Distress Racially or rel igiously aggravated fear or provocation of violence . 066/91 Racially or Rel igiously Aggravated Publ ic Fear , Alarm or Distress Racially or rel igiously aggravated fear or provocation of violence 125/09 Publ ic Fear, Alarm or D istress Caus ing intentional harassment, alarm or dist ress. 125/11 Publ ic Fear, Alarm or D istress Fear or provocation of violence . 125/12 Publ ic Fear, Alarm or D istress Harassment, alarm or d is tress . 125158 Racially or Religiously Aggravated Public Fear, Alarm or Distre ss Racially or religious aggravated harassment, alarm or distress. 125161 Racially or Religiously Aggravated Public Fear, Alarm or Distre ss Racially or religious aggravated harassment, alarm or distress. 125163 Racially or Religiously Aggravated Public Fear, Alarm or Distre ss Racially or religious aggravated harassment, alarm or distress. 125/68 Harassment Harassment etc. of a person in h is home. 125/82 Racially or Rel igiously Aggravated Publ ic Fear , Alarm or Distress Racially or rel ig iously agg ravated harassme nt, alarm or d istress 195/12 Pursue course of conduct in breach of Sec 1 ( 1 ) which amoun ts to s talki ng Pursue course of conduct in breach of Sec 1 ( 1 ) which amoun ts to s talki ng 195/94 Harassment Harassment. Italicised entries are currently not in use.

Outcomes Outcomes replaced Sanct ion Detections as the Home Office approved means of counting the results of an investigation . Outcomes are more accurate and are cou nted for each offence. Some termi nologies used in the Outcome texts are : CPS - Crow n Prosecution Service Invest. - Investigatio n Pol - Police Prev. - Prevented Susp - Suspect V - Victim VIW -Victim, Informant or Witnes s

Po lice forces in the United Kin gdom a re routinely re q uired to provide crime statistics to g overnment bod ies an d t he record ing criteria is set n atio n ally. However, the systems used for recording thes e figures are n ot g eneric, nor are the proce dure s used loca ll y in capturing the crime data. It sho uld b e n ote d tha t fo r these reasons thi s force's res ponse to yo ur questi ons sho uld n ot b e used fo r c om pa rison purpose s w ith a ny other response y ou may recei ve.

Last Refresh Date: 78I07116 MetHQ Ad-Hoc Req: 4511 If you have

Performance and Assurance- 783131 Data is subject to daily change any queries w ith this report, please contact the Helpdesk 0 M OPAC 2076

TOTAL POLICIN G IMPORTANT: Please ensure that the Notes P age is read in conjunction with the data in this report to ensure that it is interpreted correctly .

A C ount of Reports of Co nfirmed Offences of Harrassment that featu re the phrase "F ACE BOOK" in the Report S ummary - For Crimes Reco rd ed between 0 7/0 7/20 7 0 an d 31/12/201 5

0 7/07/207 0 - 72/77/20 7 4 By Clear-up M eth od Record Clear- up (pre 13 Nov 2014) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 * Grand Total No Clear-up Recorded 562 ~ 515 ~ 736 ~ 779 ~ 986 3578 Caution 52 36 53 56 44 24 1 Charge/Summons 30 36 53 74 74 26 7 I I I 1 I 7 Community Resolution 0 0 0 6 2 ~ 1 ~ Restorative Justice 0 ~ 0 ~ 0 3 Youth Caution 0 0 1 1 2 4 Grand Total 644 587 845 912 1112 4100

73/77 /2074 - 37 / 72/2075 By Outcome Offence Outcome (from 13 Nov 2014) 2014 * 2015 Grand Total Caution - adult 8 50 5 8 Caution - youth 0 1 1 Charged/Summonsed 10 82 92 Community Resolution 8 59 67 Evidential difficulties victim based 10 115 12 5 Invest . complete : no susp id 22 376 39 8 No Crime 0 2 2 N ot in pu blic interest (C PS) 0 6 6 N ot in pu blic interest ( Pol) 25 226 25 1 Outcome Pending 0 229 22 9 Prosecution prev. - suspect ill 0 j 2 2 Prosecution time limit expired 1 2 3 Susp id; V not support; evidential difficulties . 42 473 51 5 Susp id; V supports ; evidential difficulties 38 341 37 9 T ransferred to External Agency 0 4 4 Grand Total 164 1968 213 2 *20 14 is split across the two tables . Each ta b le represents part of that year . T he two 2014 su btotals should b e summed to get a total for that year.

Police forces in the United Kin gdom are routinely required to provide crime sta tistics to government b odies and the recordin g criteria is se t na tionally. However, the systems used for recordin g these fi g ures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locall y in capturin g the crime data . It should be noted that for t hese reasons this force's response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes w ith an y other response you may receive .

Last Refresh Date : 7 8/07/7 6 Ad -H oc Req : 4511

MetH Q Performance an d Assurance- 783131 If y ou have any q ueries w ith this report, p lease contact the Helpd esk

D ata is su b ject to d aily change O MOPAC 2016

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