Stalking Protection Act

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/007050/G

 Version Date: 11/10/2024

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Time Frame for data:                                            

01/01/2024 - 17/09/2024                                       

Data Source:                                              

Force Crime Recording System Niche                                       

Data Processing:                                      

QlikSense report Niche Occurrence Checklist filtered on                                            

Occurrence Created Date: 01/01/2024 - 17/09/2024                                        

Occurrence Type: Y Stalking (SPO) - Legal Order (Management Occurrence)

Data extracted to excel                                          

QlikSense report Occurrence People Links (Last 2 years) filtered on                                   

Occurrence Created Date: 01/01/2024 - 17/09/2024                                        

Occurrence Type: Y Stalking (SPO) - Legal Order (Management Occurrence)

Data extracted to excel and matched with Niche Occurrence Checklist data.

Role(s) Description filtered for:                                         

Legal order recipient                                              

Perpetrator; Subject                                   

Suspect                                            

QlikSense report Detainee Management filtered on                                         

Arrest Date: 01/01/2024 - 17/09/2024                                         

Arrest Offence:                                            

Stalking without fear / alarm / distress (recordable)                                          

Stalking involving serious harm / distress                                               

Stalking involving fear of violence (recordable)                                     

Stalking involving serious alarm / distress (recordable)                                               

Stalking involving fear of violence                                   

Racially / religiously aggravated stalking without fear / alarm / distress (recordable)

Breach of stalking order / interim stalking order (recordable)                                      

Data extracted to excel                                          

QlikSense report Crime and Outcomes filtered on                                           

Include No Crimes: No                                           

Include Non Notifiables: No                                              

Offence Description: Breach of stalking order / interim stalking order (recordable)

Crimed Date: 01/01/2024 - 17/09/2024                                       

Data extracted to excel                                          

QlikSense report Crime and Outcomes filtered on                                           

Include No Crimes: Yes                                         

Include Non Notifiables: No                                              

Reported Date: 01/01/2024 - 17/09/2024                                               

Home Office Offence Group Description: Stalking                                           

Data extracted to excel                                          

Please can you answer the following questions for 2024 only and let me know the latest date the data covers:
1.         How many Stalking Prevention Orders were issued?
a.         I would appreciate if you could group the SPOs issued by the age groups <18, 18-64, and >64.

 

Age Range	Count
<18	0
18-64	3
>64	0

2. How many arrests were made under suspicion of stalking?

447.

Please note that this is the number of unique arrests, not the number of individuals arrested.

3. How many breaches of Stalking Prevention Orders were recorded?

7

4. How many reports of stalking were recorded?

Number of offences recorded	1850
Number of offences reported	2045