FOI 15473-25 - GPS in Stalking and Coercive Control
Request:
Between 2018 to 2025, how many times has a GPS device (such as a location tracker or an Apple AirTag) been reported in cases of coercive control?
Between 2018 to 2025, how many times has a GPS device (such as a location tracker or an Apple AirTag) been reported in cases of stalking?
Please could this information be broken down annually in calendar years in a table format, with a column for each year from 2018-2025.
Response:
Search between 2018 and 7th August 2025 inclusive for all occurrences where the Crime Type is either Stalking or Controlling and Coercive Behaviour as per the HO Group Description, and using a word search for 'Tracker', 'GPS', 'Air Tag', 'tracker', 'Tracked' applied to the occurrence summary.
|
Crime Type |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Controlling/Coercive Behaviour |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
|
Stalking |
6 |
14 |
13 |
10 |
15 |
9 |
13 |
10 |
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