FOI 388488
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 388488
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 7th February 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
The number of stalking offences that resulted in charges between 2018-2025.
If possible, please provide the data on a yearly basis and indicate any trends or variations during this period.
Please provide the information via email in electronic form and any data in calendar years.
Reply
West Mercia Police hold the information requested.
Caveat:
Under Management of Policing Information Guidance data may be deleted off our systems after 6 years, we therefore cannot confirm the accuracy or information created before this time. Therefore, data has only been provided for information recorded within the last 6 years, specifically from 01/02/2019.
The data in the table below is for the total number of investigations which have been closed with an Outcome Type denoting that a person has been charged. Any investigations which were detected in another way such as community resolution or caution have been discounted.
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Full Primary Offence Title of investigations recorded within the Primary HO Classification code of 8Q |
Calendar Year (01/02/2019 - 31/01/2025) |
Grand Total |
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2019 (Feb - Dec) |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
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Breach of a stalking order or interim stalking order |
|
|
|
3 |
11 |
4 |
|
18 |
|
Harassment - Stalking involving fear of violence |
19 |
25 |
17 |
13 |
31 |
28 |
1 |
134 |
|
Harassment - Stalking involving serious alarm/distress |
32 |
67 |
33 |
16 |
39 |
28 |
2 |
217 |
|
Stalking - Pursue course of conduct in breach of Sec 1 (1) which amounts to stalking |
27 |
101 |
95 |
106 |
134 |
94 |
1 |
558 |
|
Grand Total |
78 |
193 |
145 |
138 |
215 |
154 |
4 |
927 |