Spotify related crimes
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/26/10177
Version Date: 22/07/2026
The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Data Source:
Crime information system – Niche
Crime information system – UniFi
Caveats/Limitations
No crimes/Cancelled Crimes Excluded
The presence of a keyword only indicates its presence in the MO or Summary text and not its relevance to a crime
Qlikview UNIFI - Crime and Enquiries Freetext Search 2022 is not available after 14/11/2022
1) Please can you state for crime reports recorded by your force, the number in which the crime report text (described as modus operandi reports by many forces) contains a mention of "Spotify" in each of the following calendar years:
i) 2022
ii) 2023
iii) 2024
iv) 2025
v) 2026 (up to June 1)
Additionally, for part 1 - can you please state the type of offence too.
|
Offence Description |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026* |
Total |
|
Assault a girl under 13 by touching |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm ABH |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Criminal damage Other - including endangering life |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Criminal damage to property under £5000 - other |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Criminal damage to property under £5000 - vehicle |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Drive motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Harassment - breach of a restraining order on conviction |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Harassment without violence |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Harassment without violence |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Non counting action fraud |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Possess indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Possess with intent to supply a controlled drug of class a - other |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Rape a woman 16 years of age or over |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Stalking involving fear of violence |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Stalking involving serious alarm / distress |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
|
Theft All Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Total |
12 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
23 |
2) Please can you provide a redacted copy of the free text crime reports for these offences recorded by your force in between 1 January and 1 June 2026.
MO Text for the one offence in 2026
“Suspect male known to female aggrieved as ex partner. Aggrieved ended relationship in 2025 and male advised not to contact her due to prev harassment report made to police. Suspect male has contacted aggrieved on 2 separate occasions in March and May via the Spotify app causing the aggrieved to feel harassed”