Stalking Reports
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/26/009483/D
Version Date: 25/02/2026
How many reports of stalking were received by Devon and Cornwall Police between January 2025 and January 2026 as classified under Section 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997?
The Performance & Analysis Department has provided the following information:
Data Source
Crimes recorded on crime information system – NICHE
Data Processing:
Qliksense Crimes & Outcomes Report
Filtered on Home Office Group Desc: Stalking
Filtered on Crimed Date: 01/01/2025 - 31/01/2026
Filtered on Offence Descriptions
Stalking involving fear of violence (recordable) Section 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Stalking involving serious alarm / distress (recordable) Section 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Stalking without fear / alarm / distress (recordable) Section 2A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Caveats/Limitations
- No crimes/Cancelled Crimes included
- Restricted Crimes Excluded
- The principal crime rule dictates the crime type recorded. This is determined by the Home Office Counting Rules. This means that whilst we have limited the data to Protection from Harassment offences, there may be other crimes in which these offences occurred.
Data
Data for Section 2A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997
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Between 01/01/2025 - 31/01/2026 the number of Stalking without fear / alarm / distress offences reported to Devon and Cornwall police Month / Year and Offence Description |
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Crimed Year / Month |
Stalking without fear / alarm / distress |
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Jan/2025 |
118 |
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Feb/2025 |
158 |
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Mar/2025 |
149 |
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Apr/2025 |
125 |
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May/2025 |
119 |
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Jun/2025 |
159 |
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Jul/2025 |
172 |
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Aug/2025 |
145 |
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Sep/2025 |
168 |
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Oct/2025 |
206 |
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Nov/2025 |
190 |
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Dec/2025 |
169 |
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Jan/2026 |
149 |
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Total |
2027 |
Data for Section 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997
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Between 01/01/2025 - 31/01/2026 the number of Stalking involving fear of violence and Stalking involving serious alarm / distress offences reported to Devon and Cornwall police by Month / Year and Offence Description |
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Crimed Year / Month |
Stalking involving fear of violence |
Stalking involving serious alarm / distress |
Total |
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Jan/2025 |
80 |
107 |
187 |
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Feb/2025 |
130 |
143 |
273 |
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Mar/2025 |
116 |
127 |
243 |
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Apr/2025 |
98 |
95 |
193 |
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May/2025 |
105 |
135 |
240 |
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Jun/2025 |
133 |
192 |
325 |
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Jul/2025 |
174 |
219 |
393 |
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Aug/2025 |
181 |
218 |
399 |
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Sep/2025 |
150 |
254 |
404 |
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Oct/2025 |
161 |
282 |
443 |
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Nov/2025 |
184 |
276 |
460 |
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Dec/2025 |
177 |
225 |
402 |
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Jan/2026 |
137 |
263 |
400 |
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Total |
1826 |
2536 |
4362 |