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<p>The number of restraining orders issued and sentences given for breaches of restraining
orders, from 2013 to 2015, in England and Wales, can be viewed in the following tables.</p><p>
</p><p>Court proceedings data for 2016 are planned for publication in May 2017.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: Restraining orders issued
by the courts and offenders convicted and sentenced for breach of restraining orders,
with sentencing outcomes, England & Wales, 2013 to 2015<sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013<sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Restraining
orders issued<sup>(4)(5)(6)</sup></p></td><td><p>20,356</p></td><td><p>21,508</p></td><td><p>23,057</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders
convicted of breaching a restraining order</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Convicted</p></td><td><p>6,348</p></td><td><p>7,371</p></td><td><p>8,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>6,205</p></td><td><p>7,083</p></td><td><p>8,194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immediate
custody</p></td><td><p>2,237</p></td><td><p>2,606</p></td><td><p>2,989</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suspended
sentence</p></td><td><p>827</p></td><td><p>1,068</p></td><td><p>1,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community
sentence</p></td><td><p>1,565</p></td><td><p>1,524</p></td><td><p>1,815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fine</p></td><td><p>848</p></td><td><p>1,020</p></td><td><p>1,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Absolute
discharge</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conditional
discharge</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>532</p></td><td><p>624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Otherwise
dealt with</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>281</p></td><td><p>221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compensation</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(1)
The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the
principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found
guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is
imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence
selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(2)
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 large administrative
data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should
be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are
taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(3) Previously
issued figures for 2013 have been revised following the receipt of a small amount
of late data.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(4) Includes restraining orders issued on conviction
or acquittal.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(5) Issued under either S.5 Protection from Harassment
Act 1997 or S.5A Sex Offenders Act 1997.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(6) SOPOs replaced
restraining orders under s.5A Sex Offenders Act 1997 and sex offender orders under
s.2 Crime and Disorder Act 1998. However, it is possible for cases to still appear
where an offender is subject to one of the orders that pre-date the Sexual Offences
Act 2003.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry
of Justice.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PQ:
64617</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Table 2: Offenders
convicted for breaching restraining orders and sentences received, England and Wales,
April 2013 to March 2016 <sup>1,2,3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of breaches</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Occasions
on which the offender received<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number
of offenders<sup>6</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Custodial sentence<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-custodial
sentence<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>2,364</p></td><td><p>3,360</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,360</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>887</p></td><td><p>1,173</p></td><td><p>2,060</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>568</p></td><td><p>1,191</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4 or more</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,489</p></td><td><p>909</p></td><td><p>2,398</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1,115</p></td><td><p>2,679</p></td><td><p>3,794</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,794</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>982</p></td><td><p>1,292</p></td><td><p>2,274</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1,137</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>734</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>1,407</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4 or more</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,893</p></td><td><p>1,124</p></td><td><p>3,017</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1,154</p></td><td><p>3,162</p></td><td><p>4,316</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4,316</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,131</p></td><td><p>1,545</p></td><td><p>2,676</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>1,338</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>939</p></td><td><p>909</p></td><td><p>1,848</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>616</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4 or more</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,191</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>3,541</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>635</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Source: </strong>MoJ's
extract of the Police National Computer</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>1) Figures exclude those who
were cautioned rather than convicted</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>2) A restraining order refers to a restraining
order under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Sec.5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>3)
Figures refer to convictions in which breach of a restraining order was the main offence</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="6"><p>4) Occasion refers to an occasion which an offender is sentenced</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>5) Custodial
sentence refers to immediate custodial sentences only. Other sentences are non-custodial</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="9"><p>6) The number of breaches an individual offender has been convicted
for is taken at the offender's last conviction for the offence in each financial year.
The offender may appear in multiple years where they were convicted of the offence
in more than one year</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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