Police force spending on crypto-related crime since January 2018

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.027771

I note you seek access to the following information:

On 25 October 2022, NPCC Cybercrime Programme Lead Andrew Gould said in a parliamentary sitting that “about £100m” has been invested over the past four years building up the UK’s police forces ability to seize crypto, creating crypto tactical advisers across every police force, and procuring investigative tools to support crypto seizure.

Please could you provide the following:

1. A breakdown of how much your police force has spent on targeting crypto-related crime, and a breakdown of what this was spent on, since 1 January 2018

2. A breakdown of the procured investigative tools your police force has acquired to target crypto-related crime, and the costs of these tools, since 1 January 2018

3. A list of how many sourced, recruited, or trained crypto tactical advisers your police force has received since 1 January 2018

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - A breakdown of how much your police force has spent on targeting crypto-related crime, and a breakdown of what this was spent on, since 1 January 2018

Training
2018 - £165,200
2019 - £8,820
2020 - £108,071
2021 - £53,145
2022 - £2,109

Q2 - A breakdown of the procured investigative tools your police force has acquired to target crypto-related crime, and the costs of these tools, since 1 January 2018

Licences
2018 - £54,045
2019 – 9,348
2020 – £19,828
2021 - £56,000 (3 yr licence)

Q3 - A list of how many sourced, recruited, or trained crypto tactical advisers your police force has received since 1 January 2018

To further confirm we do not have any Crypto Tactical Advisors.