Force self-assessment survey on the police response to stalking

In November 2022, the Suzy Lamplugh Trust submitted a super-complaint  about the police response to stalking on behalf of the National Stalking Consortium. The IOPC, the College of Policing and His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) jointly investigated this super-complaint and published a report setting out our conclusions and recommendations.

The IOPC, College of Policing and HMICFRS jointly issued a self-assessment survey to all 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales as part of this super-complaint investigation.

The self-assessment survey asked forces to provide information on their approach to handling stalking crimes, covering the areas of concern set out in the super-complaint. Forces were asked to provide details about training, investigation processes, use of stalking protection orders and services to support victims. Forces were also asked about what steps they had put in place to improve the police response to stalking in their force and to provide suggestions about what else could be changed, improved or put in place to improve the police response to stalking.

This annex is a summary report of the survey responses, and can also be accessed in a plain text format.