Version Date: 24/03/2017
Devon & Cornwall Police
Record 1
Freedom of Information Act Request No: 1080/17
Please tell me how many crimes your force has recorded where the key term 'online game' has been used in each of the last
five years a) 2012 b) 2013 c) 2014 d) 2015 d) 2016
For each crime report, please tell me if possible: a) the offence b) the relevance of the online game to the crime c) the name of
the game d) the age and sex of the offender
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information:
Data Source
Crimes recorded on crime information system/Unifi
Data processing:
MO Text Report
Word search on key term 'online game'
Restricted crime data excluded
No Crimes/Cancelled crimes Included
Filtered on dates requested January 2012 - December 2016
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Version Date: 24/03/2017
Year
2012
Offence Group
Other Offences
2012
Other Offences
2013
Other Sexual
Offences
2013
Non Notifiable
2013
Non Notifiable
2013
Non Notifiable
2013
Other Theft
2014
Other Sexual
Offences
2014
Violence without
Injury
2014
Non Notifiable
2014
Non Notifiable
2015
Criminal damage
Summary of MO
Offenders used credit card without
permission on online games
Debits made from aggrieved phone to a
company suppling online games
Initial contact made through online game
and offender has later asked for explicit
photos via private email
Aggrieved provided offender with password
to online game and offender has then
written offence comments in aggrieved
profile
Offender used card details without
permission for online Playstation games
Aggrieved was playing online game on
Xbox when another player became abusive
Offender has used debit card without
permission to buy online games
During online game offender asked
aggrieved to join messaging site where
offender asked for explicit photos.
Offender has sent unwanted and distressing
messages by text, social media and through
an online game
Aggrieved playing online game on
Playstation which involved a chat room and
received an explicit picture
Offender used bank account details of
aggrieved to purchase online game
bonuses
During argument about offender’s use of
online games, the offender has damaged
laptop and fan.
Name of Game
Not recorded
Age and Gender of offender
Male, 15 and 16
Not recorded
No offender is linked to the crime
Club Penguin
No offender is linked to the crime
Not recorded
No offender is linked to the crime
Not recorded
No offender is linked to the crime
Not recorded
No offender is linked to the crime
Not recorded
No offender is linked to the crime
World of Warcraft
No offender is linked to the crime
Not recorded
No offender is linked to the crime
Not recorded
No offender is linked to the crime
Not recorded
Male, 39
Not recorded
Male, 16
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2015
Other Sexual
Offences
2016
Other Sexual
Offences
2016
Other Sexual
Offences
2016
Violence without
Injury
2016
Other Offences
Aggrieved met offender playing online
game and later offender asked via
Facebook for explicit pictures
Offender has been communicating with
aggrieved over online Xbox game and
Facebook asking for explicit pictures
Aggrieved playing online game and contact
through game by offender who asked for
explicit pictures
Aggrieved was playing online games and
offender sent threatening messages when
aggrieved stopped playing
Aggrieved playing online game and contact
through game by offender who asked for
explicit pictures
Not recorded
No offender is linked to the crime
Not recorded
No offender is linked to the crime
Clash of Clans
No offender is linked to the crime
Not recorded
No offender is linked to the crime
Clash of Clans
No offender is linked to the crime
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