FOI 17663-25 Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation

Request to Northamptonshire Police

Question 1. The number of group-based child sexual exploitation offences recorded by the force for each of the past three calendar years (Or if this data has not been recorded, the number of child sexual abuse offences, flagged as child sexual exploitation, for each of the past three calendar years)

Question 2. The total number of alleged victims involved in these offences for each of the past three calendar years.

Question 3. The number of requests the force has made to Snapchat Response

Response

Unfortunately, Northamptonshire Police are unable to provide you with the information requested, as it is not held in a readily accessible format.

Having searched our crime recording systems, we have found 104 records which fall under the categories ‘Sexual grooming’ and ‘Abuse of children through sexual exploitation’ over the past three calendar years.

Our analysts would require approximately 20 minutes per record to manually ascertain if these offences were group-based, which would exceed the appropriate cost limit of £450.

Accordingly, please accept this Refusal Notice under s12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act).

We always strive to provide the highest level of service that we can with the finite resources at our disposal. I have a Duty to offer advice and assistance to help you revise your request, as outlined in s16 of The Act. Please be advised that we may be able to provide data for a maximum period of twelve months (subject to the applicable exemptions). If you feel this would be useful, please submit a new request.