TikTok crimes

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/26/9917

Version Date: 20/05/2026

The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:

Data Source

Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE

Data Processing:

Dataset 1: Keyword data

Qliksense Occurrence People Links (All) Report

Filtered on Date Crimed: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025

Filtered on all offence Groups including Non Notifiables

Keyword search of Summary (Restricted) & (MO Restricted) for *TikTok* or *Tik Tok*

Qliksense MO Text Search Report

Filtered on Date Created:  01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025

MO Filters

Format: Free Text

Sub Type: Free Text Keywords

Keyword search of MO Text for *TikTok* or *Tik Tok*

Dataset 2: Victim data

Qliksense Occurrence People Links (All) Report

Filtered on Date Crimed:  01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025

Filtered on: Victim

Data Exported

Matched Keywords (Dataset 1) into the Victim Data (Data Set 2) to identify all victims where a keyword is present in the Summary and/or MO Text    

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  

Victim data is dependent on a Nominal ID and Age at Time Committed fields being recorded

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information for the last three full calendar years (2023, 2024, 2025):

1. The total number of recorded crimes where the keyword ‘TikTok’ or ‘Tik Tok’ appears in the Modus Operandi (MO) field or Investigation Summary of your crime recording system.

1a) Please breakdown the recorded crimes by the high-level offence type or category (e.g., Harassment, Violence Against the Person, Fraud, sexual offence etc).

1b) Please also breakdown these crimes by the location they were recorded in, specifically by Basic Command Unit (BCU), District, or Borough.

1c) Could you also please breakdown the same recorded crimes by the age of the victim, using standard age brackets (e.g., Under 13, 13–17, 18–24, 25–44, 45+).