Stalking Statistics

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Dear Ministry of Justice,

I would be grateful if you could provide me with some statistics on complaints and prosecutions for stalking, as provided for by the amendments to the Protection from Harassment Act (sections 2A and 4A, inserted by the Protection of Freedoms Act).

In particular, the figures I would like to know are:

1. The number of allegations of stalking recorded by the police since the legislation came in to force, as of the most recently known figures.

2. The number of these allegations which were passed to the CPS for possible prosecution.

3. For those which were not passed to the CPS, a breakdown (if possible) of the reasons for not doing so.

4. Of those passed to the CPS, the number of prosecutions which followed.

5. As before, if possible, a breakdown of the reasons why the CPS chose not to prosecute in cases where they did not.

6. Of those prosecuted, the number which resulted in either a guilty plea or a conviction.

I appreciate that these offences are relatively new, and that you may not yet have had time to collate detailed statistics. But I would prefer to have partial information, if any is available, rather than none at all.

Yours faithfully,

Mark Goodge

Carmichael, David, Ministry of Justice

Dear Mr Goodge

 

Thank you for your email of 5 June 2014, in which you ask for the
following information from the Ministry of Justice:

 

I would be grateful if you could provide me with some statistics on
complaints and prosecutions for stalking, as provided for by the
amendments to the Protection from Harassment Act (sections 2A and 4A,
inserted by the Protection of Freedoms Act).

In particular, the figures I would like to know are:

1. The number of allegations of stalking recorded by the police since the
legislation came in to force, as of the most recently known figures.

2. The number of these allegations which were passed to the CPS for
possible prosecution.

3. For those which were not passed to the CPS, a breakdown (if possible)
of the reasons for not doing so.

4. Of those passed to the CPS, the number of prosecutions which followed.

5. As before, if possible, a breakdown of the reasons why the CPS chose
not to prosecute in cases where they did not.

6. Of those prosecuted, the number which resulted in either a guilty plea
or a conviction.

I appreciate that these offences are relatively new, and that you may not
yet have had time to collate detailed statistics. But I would prefer to
have partial information, if any is available, rather than none at all.

 

Your request has been passed to me because I have responsibility for
answering requests relating to court proceedings statistics.

 

Your request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

 

Under the Act, the department is required to provide you with a response
within 20 working days. I will write to you in response to your request
for information by 3 July 2014.

 

The Freedom of Information Act includes a number of exemptions to
releasing information. Some of these are qualified exemptions which
require us to consider whether it is in the public interest to disclose or
withhold the information. In these circumstances we may need more time to
consider your request, and if this is the case I will write to you by the
date above to inform you of when you can expect to receive a
response.      

 

If you have any queries regarding this request please do not hesitate to
contact me, quoting ref: 469-14 FOI 91339 in all future correspondence

 

 

 

David Carmichael

Criminal Justice System Statistics

Post Point 7.02, 102 Petty France

London SW1H 9AJ

 

 

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Dear Mr Goodge

 

Please find a response to your recent enquiry of the Ministry of Justice

 

David Carmichael

Criminal Justice System Statistics

Post Point 7.02, 102 Petty France

London SW1H 9AJ

 

 

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J Roberts left an annotation ()

UIN 125375

Mike Tomlinson answered a parliamentary question from Steve Reed:

'...management information is held showing the number of offences of stalking in which a prosecution commenced from each year from 2013/14. The table below shows the number of these offences to the latest available year, 2021/22.'

https://questions-statements.parliament....

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HMICFRS

Super-complaint on the police response to stalking assessed as being eligible to be investigated

Published on: 26 January 2023

'In November 2022, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary and senior representatives from the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC), and the College of Policing received a super-complaint submitted by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, on behalf of the National Stalking Consortium.
The super-complaint is about the police response to stalking.

HMICFRS, the IOPC and the College of Policing have assessed the super-complaint as being eligible to be investigated.'

https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/...

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Sarah Dines answered a parliamentary question from Jon Trickett:

UIN 188484, tabled on 8 June 2023

'From February 2020 to December 2020, 413 Stalking Protection Orders (245 interim and 168 full orders) were issued in England and Wales. From January 2021 to December 2021, 583 (330 interim and 253 full orders) were issued in England and Wales. These statistics can be found here: Management information: Stalking Protection Orders - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)'

https://questions-statements.parliament....