You asked
I would like to request the following statistics regarding dating apps:
- The number of offences per app.
- Categorised by tax year.
- Gender and age group of the offender.
- Gender and age group of the victims.
- Type of crimes.
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
Although we publish data on the number of offences reported to and recorded by the police in England and Wales, we do not hold any information that would allow us to separately identify offences committed on, or via the use of, dating apps.
More detailed data on police recorded crime in England and Wales are collated by the Home Office. You may wish to try contacting them (via crimeandpolicestats@homeoffice.gov.uk) to see if they can provide the information you require, though it is unlikely they will be able to do so.
If you have any crime-related queries in the future, you can email crimestatistics@ons.gov.uk and we will endeavour to help.