Written Question·Home Office·UIN 92135

Social Media: Arrests

Tabled: 18 November 2025

Answered: 26 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op) — Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) hate crime and (b) non hate crime arrests have taken place for social media posts, messages and interactions in England in each year since 2015.

Answer

Sarah Jones

The Home Office does not hold arrest data specific to social media posts, messages and interactions.