{"id":800,"date":"2017-01-11T12:04:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T12:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2017\/01\/11\/police-report-sharp-rise-dating-app-sexual-assault-greater-manchester\/"},"modified":"2017-01-11T12:04:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T12:04:32","slug":"police-report-sharp-rise-dating-app-sexual-assault-greater-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/police-report-sharp-rise-dating-app-sexual-assault-greater-manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"Police report a sharp rise in dating-app sexual assault in Greater Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-left:.4pt;\">Police in England&nbsp;have linked <strong>over 500 crimes<\/strong> across the country to the use of dating apps Tinder and Grindr, including murder, rape and child abuse, a Freedom of Information enquiry has revealed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.4pt;\">Greater Mancehster was amongst the highest, with 58 incidents being linked to the dating apps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.4pt;\">Liberal Democrat councillor, <strong>John Leech<\/strong>, who revealed the statistics to <strong>The NQ<\/strong>, stressed his concerns saying:<em> <\/em>&ldquo;I fear that these statistics are actually <strong>just the beginning<\/strong> of a wider issue surrounding a&nbsp;lack of sexual and relationship education.&quot;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\" style=\"display:inline-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"John Leech with constituents\" data-fid=\"1099\" data-media-element=\"1\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/sites\/default\/files\/group_shot.jpg\" title=\"John Leech with constituents\" width=\"450\" \/><figcaption>Mr Leech (left) with his constituents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.4pt;\">Of the <strong>28 incidents<\/strong> related to <strong>Grindr<\/strong>, <strong>4 resulted in rape<\/strong>, with a further ten other sexual offences. Theft, non-sexual violence and drug trafficking were also reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.4pt;\">Of the <strong>30 reported<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Tinder<\/strong> incidents, a much higher number of <strong>13<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>resulted in rape<\/strong>, with other&nbsp;violent offences making up a further 15.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.4pt;\">The former Withington MP, <strong>Mr&nbsp;Leech,<\/strong>&nbsp;added:&nbsp;&ldquo;I am extremely concerned to see that Manchester has one of the highest&nbsp;numbers&nbsp;of incidents, and in what I would desperately like to be seen as a safe and welcoming city.&quot;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.4pt;\">these numbers are distressingly high.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.4pt;\">Across the country,&nbsp;officers reported at least 162 sexual offences, including 63 rapes, linked to the two apps, which are used by more than 60 million people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.4pt;\">Tinder launched as a smartphone app in 2012 and Grindr, used largely by gay and bisexual men, in 2009.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.4pt;\">What do you think of these figures? Should the police be doing more to help tackle sexual assault, and how do you think this could be done? 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