Stalking Protection Orders - 769/22

Date Responded 17 June 2021

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

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You asked:

Please can you breakdown this information for the following time period: 20 January 2020 to 31 April 2021.

1. On how many ((unique) - by this I mean please can you not include duplicates for example, if a stalking protection order was applied for in respect of the same individual more than once over the same requested period, you should count this as one stalking protection order instead of two)) occasions did your force apply for a Stalking Protection Order or interim Stalking Protection Order over this period?
Please can you breakdown this information in terms of the total number of Stalking Protection orders applied for; the total number of interim Stalking Protection orders applied for; how many of these orders were exclusive to cases of so called ‘stranger stalking’ and how many were related to a domestic abuse, or 'other' context. Can you also breakdown the information by the age and gender of the person the order was intended to protect (i.e. the stalking 'victim') and the age/gender of the 'stalker'.

2. Over this time period, how many Stalking Protection Orders were breached?

3. How many interim Stalking Protection Orders were breached?

4. What was the average length of time (in days) it took for your force- upon notification of a breach occurring- to arrest a person who, without reasonable excuse, breached a Stalking Protection Order on an interim Stalking Protection Order?

5. What was the longest length of time (in days) it took for your force- upon notification of a breach occurring- to arrest a person who, without reasonable excuse, breached a Stalking Protection Order on an interim Stalking Protection Order?

In Response:

Following receipt of your request, searches were conducted with both the Safeguarding and Legal 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. Please note that the information below has been presented in such a manner as to avoid the application of relevant exemptions under the Act:

Occasions		8
Stalking protection Order		3*
Interim Stalking Protection Order		5
Stranger Stalking		2
Domestic abuse		4
Other		2
Victim Gender
	Male
	Female	8
Victim Age
	< 30	1
	< 40	3
	< 50	1
	Unknown	3
Offender Gender
	Male	7
	Female	1
Offender Age
	< 40	4
	< 50	2
	> 60	2

* Note that 1 interim Stalking Protection Order related to multiple female victims.

2-3. As all breaches fall under the same Home Office code - Breach of Restraining Order/Interim Stalking Order HO Code 008/74 there were 2 breaches.

4. Case 1 = 117 days.
Case 2 = offender not arrested.

5. 117 days.

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