justice United Kingdom
Super-complaint alleges police failures over image-based abuse
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The research gathered evidence from 100 people who reported intimate images being shared online without their consent.
Lawyers and charities submitted a super-complaint alleging that police forces routinely fail to investigate image-based abuse. Data cited in the research shows that charges were brought in an average of 4.5% of cases across 39 forces in 2025.
- Image-based abuse
- Centre for Women's Justice
- #NotYourPorn
- College of Policing
- Independent Office for Police Conduct
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- 100people
The research gathered evidence from 100 people who reported intimate images being shared online without their consent.
āLawyers have gathered evidence from 100 people who reported intimate images being shared online without their consent.ā
- 4.5%
Charges were lodged in an average of 4.5% of image-based abuse cases across 39 police forces in England and Wales in 2025.
ādata from 39 police forces in England and Wales shows that charges were lodged against perpetrators in an average of just 4.5% of cases last yearā
- 98.9%
Women and girls accounted for 98.9% of reported image-based abuse images.
āImage-based abuse overwhelmingly affects women and girls, who make up 98.9% of reported images.ā