Police recorded 105 offences linked to the Pokemon Go game in just five weeks – including robberies, sex offences and thefts, it can be revealed.

A Freedom of Information request to the Met Police revealed a string of offences logged by cops since the launch of the app in the UK on July 14 until August 21 – a period of just five weeks.

The game, a smash hit all over the globe with more than 500 million downloads, allows players to ‘track down and catch’ various Pokemon characters by scouring the streets for them.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.