FOI 349587
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 349587
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 29th July 2024. Please find below the response to your request:
- What is the population size served by your Police Force?
- How many allegations of stalking were reported to the Police Force in 2023?
- Does this Police Force have a stalking strategy, or similar?
3a. If so, has the strategy been influenced by any high-profile stalking cases?
- How many Stalking Protection Order applications were made in 2023 by this Police Force?
- Of the Stalking Protection Order applications during 2023, how many resulted in a Stalking Protection Order/ Interim Stalking Protection Order?
- Does the Police Force have a ‘stalking coordinator’ or similar?
- Does the Police Force have a ‘stalking clinic’ or similar, such as a multi-agency meeting where stalking cases are discussed?
- If the force has a stalking clinic/similar, which other agencies are involved?
- NHS Trust/Health professionals – please specify
- Probation Services
- Local Authority/social services
- Victim liaison/victim aid
- If the force has a stalking clinic/similar, how is it funded?
- If there is a stalking clinic in place, are there any face-to-face assessments or treatments offered to defendants/perpetrators, through health professionals? If so, please specify.
Reply
West Mercia Police holds some of the information you have requested
1.What is the population size served by your Police Force?
Information not held – this would be held by the Office of National Statistics from the last census that took place.
- How many allegations of stalking were reported to the Police Force in 2023?
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Total number of stalking offences broken down by Primary Full Offence Title |
Calendar Year |
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2023 |
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Breach of a stalking order or interim stalking order |
14 |
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Harassment - Stalking involving fear of violence |
142 |
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Harassment - Stalking involving serious alarm/distress |
188 |
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Stalking - Pursue course of conduct in breach of Sec 1 (1) which amounts to stalking |
2345 |
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Grand Total |
2689 |
- Does this Police Force have a stalking strategy, or similar?
Yes – West Mercia Police have a policy
3a. If so, has the strategy been influenced by any high-profile stalking cases?
Yes
- How many Stalking Protection Order applications were made in 2023 by this Police Force?
17
- Of the Stalking Protection Order applications during 2023, how many resulted in a Stalking Protection Order/ Interim Stalking Protection Order?
14 resulted in Stalking Protection Orders, 3 did not progress beyond interim Stalking Protection Orders
- Does the Police Force have a ‘stalking coordinator’ or similar?
The force has High Harm Co-ordinator
- Does the Police Force have a ‘stalking clinic’ or similar, such as a multi-agency meeting where stalking cases are discussed?
No stalking clinic but we do refer into MAPPA (Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements) regarding high harm cases.
- If the force has a stalking clinic/similar, which other agencies are involved?
- NHS Trust/Health professionals – please specify
- Probation Services
- Local Authority/social services
- Victim liaison/victim aid
NHS Trust/Health professionals,Mental Health Worker, Probation Services, Local Authority/social services, Victim liaison/victim aid, Womens Aid.
- If the force has a stalking clinic/similar, how is it funded?
There is no funding. There is a multi agency approach
- If there is a stalking clinic in place, are there any face-to-face assessments or treatments offered to defendants/perpetrators, through health professionals? If so, please specify.
We have the DRIVE project for the North and the South of the force, Men of Masculinity and C-DAIR is to be implemented imminently.