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Version Date: 29/04/2025
The Performance Analysis Department has provided the following information.
Data Source:
The information contained in the tables below has been taken from Niche.
Harassment occurrences include Racially or religiously aggravated harassment
Data Limitations:
Please note, the date and time are when the offence was reported which may not be the date the offence took place.
*2015 – 28th March to 31st December only
**2025 – 1st January to 27th March only
I am writing to request data on reported cases of harassment or stalking over the last 10 years.
The total number of reported stalking or harassment occurrences
|
Year |
Stalking |
Harassment |
|
2015* |
49 |
834 |
|
2016 |
114 |
1419 |
|
2017 |
133 |
1413 |
|
2018 |
257 |
2229 |
|
2019 |
367 |
2566 |
|
2020 |
990 |
2058 |
|
2021 |
1150 |
2168 |
|
2022 |
1246 |
2261 |
|
2023 |
1602 |
2948 |
|
2024 |
1646 |
2757 |
|
2025** |
406 |
608 |
|
Total |
7960 |
21261 |
Can the data be broken down into:
- Gender
|
Stalking Victim Gender |
Female |
Male |
Not stated |
Total |
|
2015* |
46 |
2 |
1 |
49 |
|
2016 |
106 |
8 |
- |
114 |
|
2017 |
123 |
10 |
- |
133 |
|
2018 |
217 |
40 |
- |
257 |
|
2019 |
304 |
63 |
- |
367 |
|
2020 |
770 |
217 |
3 |
990 |
|
2021 |
911 |
236 |
3 |
1150 |
|
2022 |
1012 |
232 |
2 |
1246 |
|
2023 |
1275 |
325 |
2 |
1602 |
|
2024 |
1264 |
381 |
1 |
1646 |
|
2025** |
307 |
98 |
1 |
406 |
|
Total |
6335 |
1612 |
13 |
7960 |
|
Harassment Victim Gender |
Female |
Male |
Not stated |
Total |
|
2015* |
622 |
194 |
18 |
834 |
|
2016 |
1029 |
340 |
50 |
1419 |
|
2017 |
1057 |
321 |
35 |
1413 |
|
2018 |
1537 |
644 |
48 |
2229 |
|
2019 |
1785 |
724 |
57 |
2566 |
|
2020 |
1359 |
652 |
47 |
2058 |
|
2021 |
1409 |
712 |
47 |
2168 |
|
2022 |
1452 |
759 |
50 |
2261 |
|
2023 |
1856 |
1020 |
72 |
2948 |
|
2024 |
1686 |
977 |
94 |
2757 |
|
2025** |
347 |
240 |
21 |
608 |
|
Total |
14139 |
6583 |
539 |
21261 |
- Age
|
Stalking Victim Age |
0 - 19 |
20 - 29 |
30 - 39 |
40 - 49 |
50 - 59 |
60 - 69 |
70 - 79 |
80+ |
Total |
|
2015* |
5 |
11 |
14 |
14 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
49 |
|
2016 |
11 |
37 |
29 |
19 |
14 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
114 |
|
2017 |
11 |
43 |
25 |
31 |
18 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
133 |
|
2018 |
22 |
85 |
76 |
46 |
20 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
257 |
|
2019 |
33 |
108 |
116 |
56 |
39 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
367 |
|
2020 |
73 |
276 |
297 |
185 |
119 |
34 |
4 |
2 |
990 |
|
2021 |
75 |
333 |
377 |
223 |
92 |
37 |
9 |
4 |
1150 |
|
2022 |
104 |
360 |
386 |
233 |
112 |
39 |
8 |
4 |
1246 |
|
2023 |
127 |
414 |
510 |
317 |
168 |
57 |
6 |
3 |
1602 |
|
2024 |
128 |
406 |
539 |
334 |
171 |
54 |
11 |
3 |
1646 |
|
2025** |
23 |
89 |
154 |
89 |
33 |
13 |
5 |
0 |
406 |
|
Total |
612 |
2162 |
2523 |
1547 |
787 |
260 |
49 |
20 |
7960 |
|
Harassment Victim Age |
0 - 19 |
20 - 29 |
30 - 39 |
40 - 49 |
50 - 59 |
60 - 69 |
70 - 79 |
80+ |
Total |
|
2015* |
93 |
236 |
200 |
179 |
78 |
31 |
14 |
3 |
834 |
|
2016 |
185 |
361 |
327 |
300 |
179 |
45 |
13 |
9 |
1419 |
|
2017 |
157 |
369 |
364 |
281 |
166 |
53 |
10 |
13 |
1413 |
|
2018 |
226 |
610 |
548 |
401 |
260 |
108 |
45 |
31 |
2229 |
|
2019 |
339 |
664 |
660 |
427 |
293 |
110 |
51 |
22 |
2566 |
|
2020 |
297 |
452 |
465 |
367 |
278 |
134 |
47 |
18 |
2058 |
|
2021 |
268 |
442 |
486 |
392 |
327 |
151 |
81 |
21 |
2168 |
|
2022 |
372 |
405 |
491 |
401 |
326 |
168 |
71 |
27 |
2261 |
|
2023 |
550 |
469 |
586 |
483 |
449 |
253 |
116 |
42 |
2948 |
|
2024 |
458 |
459 |
546 |
488 |
414 |
263 |
96 |
33 |
2757 |
|
2025** |
102 |
78 |
126 |
102 |
100 |
55 |
33 |
12 |
608 |
|
Total |
3047 |
4545 |
4799 |
3821 |
2870 |
1371 |
577 |
231 |
21261 |
- Race
|
Self Defined Race; Victims (Stalking) |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Total |
|
Asian Indian inc Asian British |
2 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
- |
14 |
|
Asian Pakistani inc Asian British |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Asian Bangladeshi inc Asian British |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
|
Asian Chinese inc Asian British |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
3 |
|
Any other Asian background |
1 |
- |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
- |
27 |
|
Black Caribbean inc Black British |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
17 |
|
Black African inc Black British |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
3 |
- |
2 |
4 |
- |
11 |
|
Any other Black background |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
30 |
|
Mixed White & Black Caribbean |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
6 |
6 |
- |
2 |
3 |
2 |
20 |
|
Mixed White & Black African |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
- |
8 |
|
Mixed White & Asian |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
12 |
|
Any other mixed |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
8 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
26 |
|
Not stated |
2 |
11 |
18 |
27 |
32 |
93 |
111 |
114 |
152 |
168 |
64 |
792 |
|
Any other |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
29 |
|
White British |
31 |
61 |
78 |
163 |
225 |
607 |
660 |
707 |
881 |
900 |
226 |
4539 |
|
White Irish |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
- |
21 |
|
White Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
6 |
|
Any other white background |
6 |
9 |
5 |
9 |
12 |
31 |
36 |
25 |
45 |
35 |
12 |
225 |
|
(blank) |
7 |
31 |
26 |
50 |
84 |
227 |
301 |
371 |
481 |
501 |
91 |
2170 |
|
Total |
49 |
114 |
133 |
257 |
367 |
990 |
1150 |
1246 |
1602 |
1646 |
406 |
7960 |
|
Self Defined Race; Victims (Harassment) |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Total |
|
Asian Indian inc Asian British |
1 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
42 |
|
Asian Pakistani inc Asian British |
- |
- |
2 |
1 |
- |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
13 |
|
Asian Bangladeshi inc Asian British |
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
11 |
|
Asian Chinese inc Asian British |
|
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
28 |
|
Any other Asian background |
7 |
6 |
8 |
20 |
10 |
7 |
14 |
14 |
15 |
13 |
3 |
117 |
|
Black Caribbean inc Black British |
3 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
45 |
|
Black African inc Black British |
4 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
|
11 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
13 |
1 |
61 |
|
Any other Black background |
1 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
13 |
9 |
1 |
66 |
|
Mixed White & Black Caribbean |
|
4 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
39 |
|
Mixed White & Black African |
2 |
2 |
|
1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
27 |
|
Mixed White & Asian |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
2 |
6 |
|
22 |
|
Any other mixed |
5 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
15 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
14 |
11 |
4 |
83 |
|
Not stated |
92 |
147 |
151 |
229 |
270 |
201 |
257 |
231 |
284 |
292 |
67 |
2221 |
|
Arab |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
Any other |
5 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
6 |
9 |
12 |
21 |
18 |
2 |
101 |
|
White British |
565 |
944 |
912 |
1462 |
1611 |
1219 |
1241 |
1199 |
1555 |
1380 |
302 |
12390 |
|
White Irish |
2 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
5 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
50 |
|
White Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
|
|
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
8 |
|
Any other white background |
26 |
36 |
40 |
50 |
75 |
35 |
53 |
55 |
62 |
60 |
12 |
504 |
|
(blank) |
116 |
248 |
264 |
412 |
542 |
542 |
550 |
698 |
932 |
921 |
205 |
5430 |
|
Total |
834 |
1419 |
1413 |
2229 |
2566 |
2058 |
2168 |
2261 |
2948 |
2757 |
608 |
21261 |
- What time the alleged offence occurred
|
Time Reported Victims (Stalking) |
2015* |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025** |
Total |
|
00:00 – 00:59 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
21 |
17 |
17 |
24 |
32 |
4 |
127 |
|
01:00 – 01:59 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
13 |
13 |
22 |
11 |
79 |
|
02:00 – 02:59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
5 |
22 |
10 |
2 |
55 |
|
03:00 – 03:59 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
13 |
5 |
44 |
|
04:00 – 04:59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
9 |
9 |
3 |
40 |
|
05:00 – 05:59 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
1 |
31 |
|
06:00 – 06:59 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
11 |
9 |
0 |
39 |
|
07:00 – 07:59 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
13 |
10 |
16 |
10 |
26 |
4 |
88 |
|
08:00 – 08:59 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
10 |
10 |
33 |
38 |
56 |
61 |
70 |
24 |
312 |
|
09:00 – 09:59 |
5 |
7 |
4 |
13 |
17 |
59 |
69 |
64 |
93 |
87 |
15 |
433 |
|
10:00 – 10:59 |
3 |
7 |
9 |
19 |
33 |
75 |
96 |
79 |
136 |
115 |
32 |
604 |
|
11:00 – 11:59 |
4 |
7 |
9 |
16 |
28 |
77 |
86 |
96 |
125 |
120 |
37 |
605 |
|
12:00 – 12:59 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
11 |
32 |
65 |
102 |
119 |
133 |
128 |
32 |
636 |
|
13:00 – 13:59 |
2 |
9 |
13 |
27 |
30 |
63 |
100 |
107 |
106 |
97 |
25 |
579 |
|
14:00 – 14:59 |
1 |
8 |
13 |
21 |
26 |
90 |
92 |
108 |
120 |
140 |
35 |
654 |
|
15:00 – 15:59 |
2 |
13 |
13 |
12 |
22 |
81 |
89 |
105 |
101 |
123 |
17 |
578 |
|
16:00 – 16:59 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
18 |
35 |
62 |
60 |
73 |
116 |
113 |
19 |
517 |
|
17:00 – 17:59 |
2 |
10 |
8 |
23 |
27 |
63 |
77 |
77 |
81 |
90 |
13 |
471 |
|
18:00 – 18:59 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
17 |
22 |
47 |
54 |
61 |
69 |
79 |
27 |
393 |
|
19:00 – 19:59 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
14 |
20 |
61 |
70 |
66 |
104 |
77 |
21 |
452 |
|
20:00 – 20:59 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
22 |
38 |
39 |
46 |
79 |
83 |
16 |
349 |
|
21:00 – 21:59 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
11 |
13 |
51 |
48 |
48 |
74 |
57 |
23 |
335 |
|
22:00 – 22:59 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
11 |
8 |
44 |
37 |
39 |
55 |
68 |
17 |
290 |
|
23:00 – 23:59 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
23 |
28 |
32 |
46 |
67 |
22 |
242 |
|
Total |
49 |
114 |
133 |
257 |
367 |
990 |
1150 |
1246 |
1602 |
1646 |
406 |
7960 |
|
Time Reported Victims (Harassment) |
2015* |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025** |
Total |
|
00:00 – 00:59 |
11 |
22 |
17 |
29 |
24 |
26 |
12 |
22 |
32 |
31 |
9 |
235 |
|
01:00 – 01:59 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
16 |
26 |
15 |
13 |
15 |
22 |
25 |
4 |
172 |
|
02:00 – 02:59 |
4 |
3 |
13 |
18 |
9 |
14 |
7 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
3 |
111 |
|
03:00 – 03:59 |
7 |
6 |
14 |
10 |
18 |
11 |
5 |
4 |
14 |
13 |
3 |
105 |
|
04:00 – 04:59 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
15 |
6 |
13 |
6 |
9 |
16 |
3 |
88 |
|
05:00 – 05:59 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
9 |
12 |
4 |
69 |
|
06:00 – 06:59 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
5 |
12 |
2 |
59 |
|
07:00 – 07:59 |
9 |
22 |
11 |
20 |
23 |
16 |
18 |
16 |
17 |
28 |
2 |
182 |
|
08:00 – 08:59 |
28 |
41 |
58 |
81 |
103 |
76 |
87 |
79 |
118 |
120 |
32 |
823 |
|
09:00 – 09:59 |
40 |
86 |
57 |
130 |
138 |
124 |
136 |
126 |
179 |
144 |
40 |
1200 |
|
10:00 – 10:59 |
54 |
91 |
102 |
179 |
173 |
155 |
180 |
157 |
189 |
213 |
34 |
1527 |
|
11:00 – 11:59 |
58 |
98 |
111 |
187 |
199 |
140 |
165 |
149 |
216 |
195 |
42 |
1560 |
|
12:00 – 12:59 |
61 |
107 |
101 |
164 |
184 |
151 |
192 |
190 |
243 |
194 |
36 |
1623 |
|
13:00 – 13:59 |
60 |
117 |
128 |
198 |
214 |
164 |
171 |
189 |
224 |
193 |
52 |
1710 |
|
14:00 – 14:59 |
55 |
117 |
109 |
174 |
193 |
199 |
191 |
203 |
269 |
211 |
53 |
1774 |
|
15:00 – 15:59 |
62 |
113 |
107 |
156 |
200 |
188 |
169 |
198 |
233 |
228 |
54 |
1708 |
|
16:00 – 16:59 |
71 |
101 |
92 |
169 |
220 |
154 |
168 |
210 |
247 |
199 |
51 |
1682 |
|
17:00 – 17:59 |
57 |
85 |
93 |
131 |
166 |
147 |
128 |
137 |
196 |
171 |
42 |
1353 |
|
18:00 – 18:59 |
49 |
92 |
78 |
123 |
135 |
96 |
140 |
130 |
156 |
166 |
24 |
1189 |
|
19:00 – 19:59 |
57 |
77 |
71 |
128 |
146 |
130 |
117 |
119 |
142 |
148 |
35 |
1170 |
|
20:00 – 20:59 |
45 |
67 |
84 |
92 |
124 |
66 |
83 |
80 |
138 |
122 |
17 |
918 |
|
21:00 – 21:59 |
32 |
54 |
57 |
98 |
96 |
78 |
70 |
68 |
113 |
110 |
18 |
794 |
|
22:00 – 22:59 |
27 |
54 |
46 |
75 |
79 |
63 |
55 |
80 |
89 |
98 |
20 |
686 |
|
23:00 – 23:59 |
25 |
36 |
39 |
37 |
65 |
30 |
38 |
57 |
74 |
94 |
28 |
523 |
|
Total |
834 |
1419 |
1413 |
2229 |
2566 |
2058 |
2168 |
2261 |
2948 |
2757 |
608 |
21261 |