9 days ago
Police routinely failing to investigate ‘revenge porn’ reports, research shows
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 7 Oct 2026, 08:00 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Police routinely failing to investigate ‘revenge porn’ reports, research shows”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Lawyers launch super-complaint over finding that officers in England and Wales frequently dismiss image-based abuse Police forces are routinely failing to investigate complaints about the circulation of image-based abuse, previously known as “revenge pornography”, according to research that has triggered a super-complaint over the way such crimes are handled.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by The Guardian UK
Police routinely failing to investigate ‘revenge porn’ in England and Wales
- Picked up by The Guardian UK
Police routinely failing to investigate ‘revenge porn’, research reveals
- Picked up by The Guardian UK
Police routinely failing to investigate ‘revenge porn’ reports, research shows
Reported by 1 outlet
- The Guardian