FOI 2561509 - Stalking and Harassment
Your Request
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
How many reports of stalking and harassment have you received from January 1st, 2020, to April 30th, 2026?
- 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?
- Please can you provide the outcome of each of these reports of stalking and harassment between the set dates.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
I can confirm that the information requested is held by Durham Constabulary. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.
Q1: Please note the 3 separate Home Office codes used to gather the data are: 8L Harassment, 8M Racially or Religiously Aggravated Harassment and 8Q Stalking. The data does not include subcategories of Malicious Communications or Controlling and Coercive Behaviour.
|
Stalking and Harassment Crimes |
|
|
Created Year Date |
Crime Count |
|
2020 |
8084 |
|
2021 |
6742 |
|
2022 |
5922 |
|
2023 |
6598 |
|
2024 |
5548 |
|
2025 |
5777 |
|
2026 |
2032 |
|
TOTAL |
40703 |
Q2: Please note the Researcher has provided the gender of the victim as we are unable to determine the gender of the reporting person.
|
Victim Gender |
Count of crimes |
|
Female / Transgender Female |
25734 |
|
Male / Transgender Male |
12317 |
|
Zero Victims or Multiple Victims of Different Genders |
1439 |
|
Unknown |
1213 |
|
TOTAL |
40703 |
Q3: Please note cancelled /transferred crimes are excluded, and outcomes are accurate as to the date of the data retrieval.
|
Stalking and Harassment Crime Count Outcome |
Created date by year |
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|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
Total |
|
|
15. Named Suspect Identified - Evidential Difficulties: Victim Supportive |
3441 |
3692 |
2943 |
2957 |
1516 |
1607 |
443 |
16599 |
|
16. Named Suspect Identified - Evidential Difficulties: Victim NOT Supportive |
2268 |
1361 |
1302 |
1563 |
2293 |
2323 |
759 |
11869 |
|
18. Investigation Complete - No Suspect Identified |
718 |
689 |
689 |
929 |
761 |
767 |
257 |
4810 |
|
1. Charged or Summonsed |
413 |
307 |
289 |
333 |
345 |
367 |
59 |
2113 |
|
8. Community Resolution |
407 |
227 |
252 |
238 |
128 |
91 |
30 |
1373 |
|
14. Suspect NOT identified - Evidential Difficulties: Victim |
180 |
105 |
95 |
130 |
101 |
201 |
93 |
905 |
|
Declines or Unable to Support |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21. Further Investigation is Not in the Public Interest - Police |
305 |
111 |
96 |
121 |
104 |
61 |
2 |
800 |
|
20. Further Action by Another Body or Agency |
159 |
85 |
88 |
128 |
101 |
102 |
31 |
694 |
|
Open |
8 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
119 |
342 |
491 |
|
3. Cautioned - Adult |
43 |
60 |
71 |
72 |
68 |
46 |
10 |
370 |
|
22. Diversionary, Educational or Intervention Activity |
89 |
48 |
35 |
28 |
33 |
27 |
1 |
261 |
|
12. Named Suspect Identified - Suspect Too Ill to Prosecute |
15 |
10 |
15 |
24 |
24 |
22 |
3 |
113 |
|
10. Not in the Public Interest - Police |
21 |
8 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
13 |
2 |
84 |
|
11. Named Suspect Identified - Suspect Below Age of Criminal Responsibility |
3 |
5 |
11 |
15 |
13 |
13 |
|
60 |
|
17. Prosecution Time Limit Expired |
4 |
8 |
4 |
16 |
20 |
6 |
|
58 |
|
5. Offender has Died |
2 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
9 |
6 |
|
32 |
|
2. Cautioned - Youth |
3 |
7 |
1 |
10 |
7 |
3 |
|
31 |
|
9. Not in the Public Interest - CPS |
2 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
16 |
|
13. Named Suspect Identified - Victim or Key Witness is Dead or Too Ill |
1 |
|
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
|
11 |
|
6. Penalty Notice for Disorder |
1 |
2 |
|
5 |
1 |
|
|
9 |
|
4. Taken Into Consideration (TIC) |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
TOTAL |
8084 |
6742 |
5922 |
6598 |
5548 |
5777 |
2032 |
40703 |