FOI 918/24 Male Stalking Victims
Dear Sir/Madam,
Enquiry Reference: 920- 24
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
1 - The number of recorded crimes for Stalking offences under the HOCR codes of 008/65 and 008/66 where the victim is recorded as a male - between 01/01/2019 to 20/09/2024
Answer
Below table shows recorded crimes of requested stalking offences codes where the victim is listed as male:
|
Year |
Count |
|
2019 |
11 |
|
2020 |
47 |
|
2021 |
45 |
|
2022 |
66 |
|
2023 |
108 |
|
2024 |
66 |
|
Grand Total |
343 |
2 - Please provide the number of suspects for the above offences by age and gender
Answer
Below table shows the suspect age and gender of those crimes (if available):
|
Under 18 |
18 to 29 |
30-39 |
40-49 |
50-59 |
60+ |
Unknown |
Grand Total |
|
|
Gender/Year |
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Male |
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2020 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
|
2021 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
|
|
2022 |
3 |
18 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
36 |
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|
2023 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
26 |
|
2024 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
19 |
|
|
Female |
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|
2020 |
8 |
9 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
27 |
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|
2021 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
25 |
|
|
2022 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
20 |
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|
2023 |
3 |
20 |
31 |
13 |
6 |
2 |
75 |
|
|
2024 |
1 |
7 |
15 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
37 |
|
|
Unknown |
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|
2019 |
11 |
11 |
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2020 |
5 |
5 |
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|
2021 |
6 |
6 |
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2022 |
10 |
10 |
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|
2023 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
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|
2024 |
1 |
9 |
10 |
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|
Grand Total |
15 |
87 |
105 |
51 |
26 |
4 |
55 |
343 |
3 - Please provide all recorded outcomes for these offences too
Answer
Below table shows the outcomes of these crimes:
|
Outcome |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
Grand Total |
|
1: Charged |
2 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
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1: Summonsed/postal requisition |
2 |
2 |
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1A: Alternate offence charged |
2 |
2 |
4 |
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3A: Alternate offence adult caution |
1 |
1 |
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8: Community resolution |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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10: Police - formal action not in public interest |
1 |
1 |
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13: Named suspect but victim/key witness deceased or too ill |
2 |
2 |
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14: Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
1 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
21 |
|
15: CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
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15: Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
2 |
16 |
6 |
16 |
24 |
8 |
72 |
|
16: Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
4 |
22 |
31 |
27 |
70 |
36 |
190 |
|
18: Investigation complete no suspect identified |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
13 |
|
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21: Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
2 |
2 |
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22: Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, not in public interest to take further action |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
New/Ongoing |
2 |
8 |
10 |
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|
Grand Total |
11 |
47 |
45 |
66 |
108 |
66 |
343 |
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker