Smart Glasses
Date of request: 20 November 2025
Reference: 12176504
Request
For the financial or calendar years from 2015 to the present, or most recently available:
1. Using a keyword search, how many reported crimes feature the words: “Google Glasses”, “Google Glass”, “smart glasses”, “Ray-Ban Meta”, “Ray Ban Meta”, “AI glasses”, “glasses with video and audio recording capabilities”.
2. Of the above incidents, please note how many of the incidents resulted in an arrest.
Response
You have requested information relating to key word searches for specific terms ‘Google glasses’, ‘google glass’, ‘smart glasses’, ‘Ray-Ban Meta’, ‘Ray Ban Meta’, ’AI glasses’, ‘glasses with video and audio recording capabilities’. We have provided this information as requested, based on a search of the MO and Summary fields within our crime recording system. However, please note that results based on key word searches can be misleading and the data they produce do not constitute a reliable basis from which to draw wider conclusions. This is because the terms may appear for any number of reasons, regardless of how relevant they are to the occurrence itself. Equally, occurrences that may in fact be related to the subject of a request would not be included in results if the specific search terms were not recorded
Question 1
We have conducted a search of our crime recording database and have identified 1 reported crime between 2015 to the present.
Question 2
No arrests have been made.