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National Stalking Awareness Week – Sussex Police

Sussex Police Stalking

This week (April 25-29) is National Stalking Awareness Week – an annual campaign developed by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to raise awareness about the severity of stalking and focus on different issues related to the crime.

Stalking and harassment is when someone repeatedly behaves in a way that makes you feel scared, distressed or threatened. Stalking and harassment is a criminal offence.

Sussex PCC Katy Bourne looks at how Sussex is leading the way in tackling stalking. “We take stalking seriously in Sussex”

Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner Katy Bourne

I have reported a stalker on several occasions to Sussex Police. Strangely Sussex Police Constable Vinh Tran EB131 or was it Sussex Police Sergeant James Poll EA193 refused to record this as a crime or explain themselves.

Seems odd that Sussex Police promote National Stalking Awareness Week when they don’t deal with a crime that they have evidence of ?

Crawley Police National Stalking Awareness Week
Sussex Police National Stalker Awareness Week

The UK Home Office released an updated version of the Crime Recording Rules for Frontline Officers and Staff, effective April 26th 2025. This 47-page document outlines the standardised procedures for recording crimes, ensuring consistency and accuracy across police forces in England and Wales.

Crime Reporting Steps

If you are or have been a victim of stalking you should report it to the police.

The latest His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) Sussex Police PEEL Assessment – PEEL 2021/22 dated 13th April 2023 stated that Sussex Police Investigating Crime Requires Improvement and Recording data about crime was Inadequate.

Do Sussex Police take stalking seriously in Sussex ?

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“Harassment is generally understood to involve improper oppressive and unreasonable conduct that is targeted at an individual and calculated to produce alarm and distress” - Para 38 R v O’Neill [2016] EWCA Crim 92 [2016]

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