Arrests made under suspicion of stalking and breaches of orders from January 2019 to March 2024
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.036292
I note you seek access to the following information:
The questions refer to the Stalking Protection Act 2019.
Please can you answer the following questions per calendar year starting from 01/01/2019:
1. How many Stalking Prevention Orders were issued?
a. I would appreciate if per year, you could group the SPOs issued by the age groups <18, 18-64, and >64.
i. If this is not possible, please provide the data in whichever age categories are available.
2. How many arrests were made under suspicion of stalking?
3. How many breaches of Stalking Prevention Orders were recorded?
4. How many reports of stalking were recorded?
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.
Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
Please can you answer the following questions per calendar year starting from 01/01/2019:
Q1 - How many Stalking Prevention Orders were issued?
| Year | Stalking Prevention Orders |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 48 Orders |
| 2021 | 157 Orders |
| 2022 | 155 Orders |
| 2023 | 121 Orders |
| 2024 | 18 Order (to current date) |
Qa - I would appreciate if per year, you could group the SPOs issued by the age groups <18, 18-64, and >64.
Qi - If this is not possible, please provide the data in whichever age categories are available.
- <18 – 1 order granted.
- 18 – 64 – 485 Order were granted
- 64 > - 13 Order were granted.
Q2 - How many arrests were made under suspicion of stalking?
Please see the spreadsheet below.
Q3 - How many breaches of Stalking Prevention Orders were recorded?
Since 2019 till current there has been 59 reports of Breach of Stalking Protection Order.
Q4 - How many reports of stalking were recorded?
The overall reports that have been recorded for a Stalking offence from 2019 till current is 10,378 reports.