FOI 318/25 Stalking Crimes
Enquiry Reference: 318- 25
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request. Below is your request and our response.
- a) The total amount of reported stalking crimes under the codes HOCR codes of 008/65 and 008/66 for each year from 2017 to 2024 split by:
- stalking type - e.g cyber stalking/ online methods and all stalking.
Answer
The table below contains the volume of all crimes (008/65 and 008/66) validated in the requested times which have a victim recorded.
|
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
008/65 Stalking involving fear of violence. Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 4A. |
13 |
27 |
24 |
122 |
126 |
293 |
558 |
566 |
|
008/66 Stalking involving serious alarm/distress. Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 4A. |
15 |
78 |
68 |
233 |
194 |
194 |
296 |
253 |
Of those, the volume per year and crime type which have a cyber flag attached to the crime.
|
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
008/65 Stalking involving fear of violence. Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 4A. |
1 |
|
1 |
16 |
22 |
61 |
87 |
86 |
|
008/66 Stalking involving serious alarm/distress. Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec 4A. |
1 |
22 |
5 |
54 |
46 |
58 |
58 |
61 |
- age of suspect
- gender of suspect
Suspect data was taken from those crimes with a person suspect indicator.
Answer
Below are the gender and age group of the suspects at the time of the crime, there can be more than one suspect on a crime.
|
|
Female |
Male |
U |
(blank) |
|
Under 18 |
36 |
90 |
|
1 |
|
18-29 |
108 |
774 |
1 |
4 |
|
30-39 |
130 |
923 |
1 |
6 |
|
40-49 |
65 |
490 |
|
2 |
|
50-59 |
33 |
243 |
|
|
|
60-69 |
10 |
67 |
|
|
|
70 and over |
1 |
10 |
|
1 |
|
No DoB |
8 |
21 |
|
7 |
- b) The type of the victims reporting stalking crimes under the codes HOCR codes of 008/65 and 008/66 for each year from 2017 to 2024 split by:
- stalking type - e.g cyber stalking/ online methods and all stalking
Answer
This is the same as the first 2 tables above.
- age of victim
- gender of victim
Answer
Victim data was taken from those on the crime with an aggrieved person indicator.
The below table includes the age groups (at the time of the offence) and gender of the victims recorded on the crime types requested.
|
|
Female |
Male |
U |
(blank) |
|
Under 18 |
123 |
26 |
|
2 |
|
18-29 |
944 |
90 |
1 |
3 |
|
30-39 |
908 |
106 |
2 |
|
|
40-49 |
425 |
82 |
2 |
|
|
50-59 |
183 |
53 |
2 |
|
|
60-69 |
54 |
18 |
|
|
|
70 and over |
20 |
9 |
|
1 |
|
No DoB |
1 |
|
|
5 |
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Information Rights Decision Maker