Stalking (FOI ref: 1920A/25)
Original request
- Since 2013 how many stalking reports has your force received from the public per calendar year?
- Does your force have a stalking clinic or multi-agency teams specifically aimed at addressing stalking offending?
If yes: When did the force first begin using or participating in a stalking clinic?
- The number of stalking offences referred to the clinic, per calendar year.
- Do West Midlands Police record whether an individual has engaged in a stalking clinic?
- Do West Midlands Police record the stalking reoffending rates since the implementation of the stalking clinic? If yes what are the statistics?
- Are there any mechanisms in place to monitor individuals after they have attended the stalking clinic?
- What treatment or behavioural intervention methods are used in the stalking clinic?
- How do you ensure the safety of victims while the perpetrator is participating in or after completing the clinic?
Please provide the information via email in electronic form and any data in calendar years.
Amended request
I would be grateful if you could undertake the search outlined in your proposal for these dates:
Apr 2018 – March 2019
Apr 2019 – March 2020
Apr 2020 – March 2021
Apr 2021 – March 2022
Apr 2022 – March 2023
Apr 2024 – Dec 2024
Response
Please find attached our response.
Please note that this data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently, statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be 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 the data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance 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.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.