FOI 752/26

Request

1. Can you provide the total number of complaints made to the police related to the specific offence of cyber flashing since it became a criminal offence in England and Wales on 31/01/2024? NB: To confirm, I am looking for complaints made to the police, rather than about the police.

2. Can the number of complaints be broken down by month from 31/01/2024 to the most recent recorded monthly figure? So, I would be looking for a monthly figure for complaints made to police in February 2024 and for every month recorded since then.

Response

A search has been completed using our crime and incident reporting system (NICHE RMS) for all occurrences between 01/02/2024 and 17/06/2026 with the Home Office (HO) code: 88/14: Send photograph or film of genitals to cause alarm, distress or humiliation.

This results of this search are shown below.

Question 1

There were 187 total reports made to South Wales Police relating to cyber flashing offences, HO code: 88/14 across the period.

Question 2

Total number of cyberflashing cases broken down by month

South Wales Police treat indecent exposure as a pre curser to more serious criminality, including against women and girls. To this end, each incident is carefully scrutinised with the Basic Command Daily Management Meetings ensuring that where possible, and evidence allows, an offender is identified, pursued and brought to justice.