Warning about surge in rapes linked to online dating
National Crime Agency (NCA) figures show that 184 people reported being raped by someone they had met on a dating app or website in 2014 — up from 33 in 2009.
A new NCA report, Emerging New Threat In Online Dating, highlights the growing problem and the force is launching a campaign to raise awareness of the perils of online dating. It comes after the revelation that alleged crimes potentially involving the use of hook-up apps Tinder and Grindr increased sevenfold in two years between 2013 and 2015.
