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<p>Stalking Protection Orders (SPOs) were introduced in January 2020 to provide early
protection to victims of stalking by placing restrictions and requirements on those
perpetrating stalking behaviours so as to address the perpetrator’s behaviours before
they become entrenched or escalate in severity. The police apply to the magistrates’
court to request that the court issue a SPO</p><p><br> On 28 February 2022 we published
a review into how SPOs operated during their first 12 months, and alongside the review,
we also published more up to date statistics on SPOs from Her Majesty’s Courts and
Tribunals Service, which correspond to the time period of 1 February 2020 to 31 January
2021. Those statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/management-information-stalking-protection-orders"
target="_blank">Management information: Stalking Protection Orders - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.
<br> <br> Stalking Protection Orders came into force on 20 January 2020, so none were
issued in 2019. <br> <br> In 2020, 419 Stalking Protection Orders were issued in England
and Wales (169 full orders and 250 interim ones). The table below shows the breakdown
by police force area. Notes 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 in the ‘Notes’ tab in the first and second
embedded documents in the above link apply to these figures. [x] denotes that between
one and five SPOs were issued. This is on the basis that disclosing the actual figure
would risk identification of the individuals concerned.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Police
Force Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of SPOs issued</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon
and Somerset</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon
and Cornwall</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater
London</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire
& Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
Wales</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
Wales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames
Valley</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Mercia</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>x</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>
Data is not yet available on the numbers of Stalking Protection Orders issued during
2021.</p><p>Data is not available on the numbers of Stalking Protection Orders issued
pursuant to applications by each police force which were breached, in 2020 or 2021.</p>
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