Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')
As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.
You asked:
1. How many stalking offences were recorded during the following time periods?
a. 1st January 2020 - 31st December 2020
b. 1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021
c. 1st January 2022 - 31st December 2022
2. How many stalking offences that have been resolved through a formal sanction, including being charged or receiving a caution, were recorded during the following time periods?
a. 1st January 2020 - 31st December 2020
b. 1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021
c. 1st January 2022 - 31st December 2022
3. On how many (unique) occasions did your force apply for a Stalking Protection Order or interim Stalking Protection Order for the following time periods?
a. 1st January 2020 - 31st December 2020
b. 1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021
c. 1st January 2022 - 31st December 2022
4. On how many (unique) occasions were breaches of Stalking Protection Order or interim Stalking Protection Order recorded for the following time periods?
a. 1st January 2020 - 31st December 2020
b. 1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021
c. 1st January 2022 - 31st December 2022
After several emails seeking clarity you confirmed the above as your submission.
In Response:
We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I provide a response for your attention.
Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with the Safeguarding, Legal and Corporate Development Departments of Northumbria Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by Northumbria Police.
I am able to disclose the located information to you as follows.
1. 1st January 2020 - 31st December 2020 3266
1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021 3779
1st January 2022 - 31st December 2022 317
2. 1st January 2020 - 31st December 2020 391
1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021 304
1st January 2022 - 31st December 2022 9
3. 1st January 2020 - 31st December 2020 7
1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021 3
1st January 2022 - 31st December 2022 0
4. 1st January 2020 - 31st December 2020 2
1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021 0
1st January 2022 - 31st December 2022 0
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
