Tinder is adding a new safety feature to the app, so online daters can let friends and families know where they are. The 'Share My Date' feature allows users to share the location, time and a photo of their match. More than one in 10 online adults in the UK use dating apps, according to Ofcom, and Tinder is the most popular, with nearly 2.5 million adults using it in the UK.
Out of incidents it has been asked to investigate involving women aged 19 and under, the proportion of reports involving sexual assault after an online date rose by more than 80% in six years , according to the agency in 2022. The proportion of incidents of this type involving men rose by nearly a quarter . Overall, the number of sexual assaults the NCA has been asked to investigate has remained 'fairly stable'.