FOI 16639-25 - Discord Crimes
Request:
Q1. The total number of crimes reported to Northamptonshire Police that were committed on, or in connection with, the online platform Discord from 1 January 2015 to the present date.
Q2. A breakdown of the types of crimes reported (e.g., harassment, fraud, sexual offences, grooming, Terrorism, coordinated self harm etc.) in relation to Discord.
Q3. The number of these cases that have resulted in a prosecution.
Response:
Search between 2015 and 29th August 2025 (inclusive) for all Occurrences where the MO Free text or Occurrence Summary Field includes keyword DISCORD. Results searched for only those where a cyber flag is present.
Question 1: 73
Question 2:
| Blackmail | 5 |
| Harassment | 4 |
| Malicious Communications | 2 |
| Obscene Publications | 44 |
| Sex Activity Child Under 16 | 7 |
| Sex Activity Without Consent | 1 |
| Sexual Activity Involving a Child Under 13 | 5 |
| Sexual Grooming | 4 |
| Stalking | 1 |
Question 3: 1
Please be aware that not all cases are resolved.
Due to a change of systems in March 2016, it is possible that data from before this date may be inaccurate.
As with any keyword search, the search will only return exact matches within the Incident Description or Crime MO. This does not account for differences in terminology and/or spelling used. Keyword searches are problematic and in no way provide accurate results or figures. If the selected key words have not been mentioned the data will not be returned.
The numerical data presented in this response is an unaudited snapshot of unpublished data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.
Northamptonshire Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the production of statistical information for Freedom of Information responses.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when the data is used.
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