FOI 5502-25 Stalking crimes
Request:
1. 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
- age of suspect
- gender of suspect
1. 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
- age of victim
- gender of victim
Response:
Crimes searched for Home Office Stats Classification Codes 008/65 and 008/66 between 01/01/2017 and 31/12/2024.
Crime recording standards changed in April 2020 and all intimate/ex-intimate harassment is now classified as stalking (DA).
Please note, some occurrences have more than 1 victim/ suspect and some victims/ suspects were involved in more than 1 occurrence.
|
Without Cyber Crime flag |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Stalking - Involving fear of violence |
19 |
16 |
42 |
156 |
135 |
137 |
159 |
199 |
|
Stalking - Involving serious alarm / distress |
20 |
13 |
20 |
32 |
35 |
26 |
29 |
70 |
|
With Cyber Crime flag |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Stalking - Involving fear of violence |
0 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
5 |
7 |
11 |
12 |
|
Stalking - Involving serious alarm / distress |
0 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
Victim |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
F |
38 |
35 |
59 |
168 |
149 |
152 |
172 |
239 |
|
M |
2 |
1 |
5 |
33 |
27 |
16 |
30 |
39 |
|
Unknown |
0 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
9 |
|
Suspect |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
F |
2 |
1 |
4 |
27 |
19 |
13 |
23 |
35 |
|
M |
35 |
32 |
58 |
189 |
162 |
154 |
168 |
250 |
|
Unknown |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
Victim |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0-19 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
30 |
26 |
25 |
22 |
38 |
|
20-29 |
15 |
19 |
22 |
73 |
55 |
63 |
76 |
97 |
|
30-39 |
13 |
4 |
26 |
64 |
60 |
52 |
78 |
85 |
|
40-49 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
27 |
28 |
20 |
15 |
38 |
|
50-59 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
22 |
|
60-69 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
|
70+ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Unknown |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Suspect |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0-19 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
40 |
19 |
17 |
21 |
24 |
|
20-29 |
11 |
10 |
21 |
63 |
47 |
56 |
57 |
98 |
|
30-39 |
12 |
7 |
17 |
62 |
67 |
56 |
71 |
94 |
|
40-49 |
7 |
9 |
8 |
27 |
31 |
26 |
37 |
44 |
|
50-59 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
15 |
16 |
8 |
6 |
19 |
|
60-69 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
|
70+ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Unknown |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Ages have been grouped to reduce the risk of identification.
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