FOI 1217-2024/25- Street harassment

Request:

Clarification

Catcalling and wolf-whistling; Following, persistent following, cornering and isolating; leering or persistent staring; Sexual gestures; Sexual questioning, sexually explicit comments, intrusive persistent questioning; Viewing pornography in public

(Public Order Act 1986, s4a and s5)

Exposure

(Sexual Offences Act 2003 s66)

Upskirting; Voyeurism

(Sexual Offences Act 2003 s67)

Original request

Q1.  How many incidents of street harassment were reported to your force in the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 respectively;

Q2. How many of the alleged victims for each year were male and how many were female;

Q3. How many of the alleged perpetrators for each year were male and how many were female.

Response: 

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.

A search has been carried out for the following crimes:

• 124/09 Causing intentional harassment, alarm, or distress. (Public Order Act 1986, s4a)
• 125/12 Harassment, alarm, or distress (Public Order Act 1986, s5)
• 88/09 Exposure (Sexual Offences Act 2003, s66)
• 88/10 Voyeurism (Sexual Offences Act 2003, s67)

Q1. Please see the table below showing the distinct count of harassment, exposure and voyeurism crimes recorded between 01 January 2020 and 31 December 2024, broken down by calendar year and crime.

Q2.  Please see the table below showing the distinct count of harassment, exposure and voyeurism crimes recorded between 01 January 2020 and 31 December 2024, broken down by calendar year and victim gender.

Q3. Please see the table below showing the distinct count of harassment, exposure and voyeurism crimes recorded between 01 January 2020 and 31 December 2024, broken down by calendar year and offender gender.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.