Stalking and harassment 650/2025

FOI Reference: 650/2025

Request

1. Arrest Data (2018–2024)

• How many individuals were arrested on suspicion of:
• Stalking
• Harassment

Please provide a breakdown by year, if available.

2. Community Resolutions (2018–2024)

• How many Community Resolutions were issued for:
• Stalking
• Harassment

Please provide a yearly breakdown.

[Optional – Only include if they confirm it’s feasible]

• If available without exceeding the cost/time limit, please indicate how many of these CRs involved individuals recorded with:
• Mental health conditions
• Disability
• Female gender

I understand that some breakdowns may not be retrievable within the cost limit and am happy for you to omit any part that would require manual case review or new script development.

Amended request

1. Please continue to provide the following, as already indicated to be retrievable:

• • Q4: The total number of controlling or coercive behaviour cases your police force has dealt with per financial year, for the past five years.

2. In addition, if possible within the 18-hour limit, I would like to request:

• • The number of controlling or coercive behaviour cases in which any kind of tracking device (physical or digital) is explicitly mentioned in the Modus Operandi, investigation summary, or case notes for the most recent financial year only (2024–2025).

If a keyword search is possible to support this (e.g. for “AirTag”, “Tile”, “Life360”, “GPS”, “tracker”, “tracking device”, “Find My”, “app”), please confirm whether this approach would fall within the time limit. I fully understand this may only yield indicative or partial results, and I welcome any notes or context around the reliability or structure of such data.

If even that refinement exceeds the cost limit, I would still appreciate receiving Q4 only, and you may disregard the remainder of the refined request.

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below:-

Response to Q1 of amended request

Response to Q2 of amended request

9 controlling or coercive cases with a tracking device mentioned in the investigation summary for the financial year of 2024-2025

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 23/07/2025)