Stalking and harassment
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/4740
Version Date: 29/06/2026
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information:
We downloaded all data via the Niche Crime database and filtered on the SC Description to show all stalking and harassment offences. I applied the victim filter too. The timeframe is from 1st January 2020 to 30th April 2026.
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
1. How many reports of stalking and harassment have you received from January 1st, 2020, to April 30th, 2026?
There are a total of 43,116 reported occurrences
|
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026* |
|
Occurrences |
5887 |
6427 |
6342 |
7656 |
7635 |
7030 |
2139 |
2. Please can you also provide a breakdown of the gender for who is reporting the offence of stalking and harassment from January 1st, 2020, to April 30th, 2026?
|
Person reporting gender |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026* |
|
Female |
2110 |
2312 |
2078 |
2728 |
2645 |
2748 |
837 |
|
Male |
1125 |
1231 |
1085 |
1507 |
1387 |
1429 |
436 |
|
Not recorded / Not known |
2652 |
2884 |
3179 |
3421 |
3603 |
2853 |
866 |
|
Total |
5887 |
6427 |
6342 |
7656 |
7635 |
7030 |
2139 |
3. Please can you provide the outcome of each of these reports of stalking and harassment between the set dates.
|
Outcome |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026* |
|
Charged |
333 |
272 |
203 |
252 |
285 |
262 |
49 |
|
Summonsed/postal requisition |
116 |
92 |
97 |
86 |
99 |
90 |
2 |
|
Police - formal action not in public interest |
56 |
44 |
27 |
13 |
17 |
28 |
6 |
|
Named suspect below age of criminal responsibility |
|
1 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
|
Named suspect identified but is dead or too ill (physical or mental health) to prosecute |
9 |
14 |
13 |
13 |
17 |
9 |
3 |
|
Named suspect but victim/key witness deceased or too ill |
4 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
|
Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
474 |
609 |
697 |
713 |
563 |
428 |
112 |
|
CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
124 |
105 |
109 |
153 |
155 |
112 |
12 |
|
Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
1157 |
1229 |
1239 |
1910 |
2098 |
1714 |
494 |
|
Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
1934 |
2239 |
2280 |
2329 |
2235 |
1841 |
516 |
|
Suspect identified but prosecution time limit expired |
25 |
33 |
42 |
46 |
64 |
53 |
2 |
|
Investigation complete no suspect identified |
761 |
925 |
855 |
1108 |
931 |
1298 |
293 |
|
Alternate offence charged |
44 |
50 |
53 |
52 |
73 |
67 |
16 |
|
Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition |
9 |
18 |
12 |
9 |
15 |
11 |
|
|
Youth caution |
4 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
Youth conditional caution |
7 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
|
|
Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
78 |
105 |
90 |
105 |
38 |
72 |
9 |
|
Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
132 |
168 |
90 |
89 |
106 |
80 |
44 |
|
Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, has been undertaken and there is no public interest to continue |
2 |
2 |
9 |
10 |
12 |
22 |
7 |
|
Alternate offence youth caution |
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Alternate offence youth conditional caution |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Adult caution |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
Adult conditional caution |
64 |
55 |
57 |
58 |
37 |
42 |
6 |
|
Alternate offence adult caution |
1 |
|
1 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Alternate offence adult conditional caution |
16 |
7 |
11 |
28 |
28 |
9 |
3 |
|
Offender has died |
|
2 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Community resolution |
53 |
48 |
58 |
134 |
102 |
118 |
30 |
|
Youth restorative disposal |
11 |
8 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
|
CPS - prosecution not in public interest |
10 |
14 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
|
|
Cancelled/transferred |
427 |
347 |
312 |
468 |
665 |
538 |
135 |
|
Under investigation / No outcome recorded |
35 |
27 |
46 |
45 |
53 |
207 |
390 |
|
RTC - NFA |
|
|
|
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
Total |
5887 |
6427 |
6342 |
7656 |
7635 |
7030 |
2139 |