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Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.027574
I note you seek access to the following information:
Please may you provide me with:
1: The total number of cyberstalking incidents recorded per calendar year for 2022. For clarification, if you can use the ‘online’ tag and these offences:
Stalking
Harassment
Malicious communications
Controlling and coercive behaviour
2: Where possible, provide detail on each recorded incident (e.g harassment, stalking, stalking involving serious alarm/distress). For clarification, if you can give detail on offence type e.g. harassment. Please provide annual breakdown as per Q1
3: The number of cyberstalking incidents in which the perpetrator(s) is identified, per calendar year for 2022 data. Please provide annual breakdown as per Q1
4: The number of individuals that have reported cyberstalking offences to your police force, per calendar year for 2022 data. Please provide annual breakdown as per Q1
5: Please provide details relating to the outcome of the perpetrator referenced in Q3 (e.g charge, caution, fixed penalty, resolution). This information should be broken down per calendar year for 2022 data.
6. Breakdown of towns and cities data for all questions by calendar year
7. Breakdown of age and gender for all questions by calendar year
Please provide the information in this spreadsheet. Please provide the rest of this information in a spreadsheet or the best way possible.
I appreciate 2022 has not ended yet so I'm not expecting the data back until January.
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
Please note:
Compliance with the online feature code is low in that officers do not routinely enter the code, and the true number of online enabled stalking cases will be far higher. As such, the data is inaccurate and cannot be relied upon.