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This chapter examines the details relating to stalking with fear of sexual violence experienced in the last 12 months. This data is based on replies from those aged 18 and over.
Stalking means persistent, unwanted actions like following you, waiting for you, contacting you by phone, text and/or social media, that are against your wishes or imply threats. This survey was specific to the topic of sexual violence. As stalking involves a wider scope of unwanted behaviours incorporating aspects of domestic violence or coercive control, the question on stalking focuses on where a person feared that they were at risk of sexual violence. Hence this variable is described as stalking with fear of sexual violence. See the Background Notes for further details.
Please note that as the survey ran from May to December 2022 that the 12-month period spans May 2021 to December 2022 depending on when the respondent completed the survey. This period did include varying levels of COVID-19 restrictions both nationally and internationally.
The demographic breakdowns provided are based on the information given by the respondent when the survey was collected, and so may not necessarily accord with their demographic profile when the sexual harassment took place (for example, they may have had a lower educational level when the sexual harassment occurred but have a higher educational level now when engaging with the survey).
Nationally, 3% of adults reported experiencing stalking with fear of sexual violence in the previous 12 months. The majority (96%) of those who experienced stalking with fear of sexual violence reported that it was one person and this was most likely to be male (92%). The most prevalent perpetrator for this type of stalking was a stranger, with almost three in ten adults (29%) who experienced stalking with fear of sexual violence experiencing it with a stranger. Most people who experienced stalking with fear of sexual violence in the previous 12 months disclosed to someone about the experience, with seven in ten (70%) adults doing so. They were most likely to tell a friend (74%) followed by a family member (49%).
Key findings for experience of stalking with fear of sexual violence in the previous 12 months:
Key findings on details of experience of stalking with fear of sexual violence in the previous 12 months:
Nature of relationship with perpetrator | |
Partner /ex-partner | 23 |
Family member /relative | 3 |
Friend /acquaintance | 24 |
Someone at work | 11 |
Stranger | 29 |
Other | 8 |
Key findings for experience of disclosure of stalking with fear of sexual violence in the previous 12 months:
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