FOI/202400439015 · FOI · unclear
Non-Harassment Orders statistics: FOI release
Information requested
Part 1
a) The number of people convicted for sexual offences made subject to Non-Harassment Orders (in relation to their victim) as part of their sentencing in each year since and including 2018/19 and including the part year of 2024/25.
b) The number of people convicted for sexual offences not made subject to Non-Harassment Orders (in relation to their victim) as part of their sentencing in each year since and including 2018/19 and including the part year of 2024/25.
Part 2
a) The number of people convicted for domestic abuse offences made subject to Non-Harassment Orders (in relation to their victim/s) as part of their sentencing in each year since and including 2018/19 and including the part year of 2024/25.
b) The number of people convicted for domestic abuse offences not made subject to Non-Harassment Orders (in relation to their victim/s) as part of their sentencing in each year since and including 2018/19 and including the part year of 2024/25.
Response
Data about the number of people convicted has been extracted from the management information used to publish the Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services Criminal Disposals Dashboard
(Source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services Criminal Disposals Dashboard).
Table 1 shows the total number of people convicted for sexual offences and how many of those people got a Non-Harassment Order (in relation to their victim) from April 2018 to September 2024.
Table 1: Non-Harassment orders for accused convicted with sexual crimes.
Number of case-accused 1,2,3 Non-Harassment orders issued for any of the sexual crimes Financial year No Yes 2018-2019 1,395 24 2019-2020 1,326 49 2020-2021 807 44 2021-2022 1,200 113 2022-2023 1,321 149 2023-2024 1,478 254 April 2024-September 2024 1,056 180 Number of people convicted of at least one sexual crime in a case. If there are multiple accused in a case they will be counted separately. If a person appears in more than one case per year then they will be counted more than once.
Sexual crimes included in this analysis are the ones defined in the new crime classification (Recorded Crime in Scotland, 2021-2022): rape & attempted rape, sexual assault, causing to view sexual activity or images, communicating indecently, threatening to or disclosing intimate images, indecent photos of children, crimes associated with prostitution and other sexual crimes. In order for the Crown to be able to apply for an NHO, the offence for which the offender is convicted must involve misconduct towards another person ("the victim") whom the NHO is intended to protect. This may not be relevant in all sexual offence cases.
Table 2 shows the total number of people convicted for domestic abuse offences and how many of those people got a Non-Harassment Order (in relation to their victim) from April 2018 to September 2024.
Table 2: Non-Harassment orders for case-accused convicted with domestic abuse crimes.
Number of case-accused 1,2,3 Non-Harassment orders issued for any domestic abuse crime Financial year No Yes 2019-2020 88 122 2020-2021 131 239 2021-2022 214 491 2022-2023 197 601 2023-2024 208 760 April 2024-September 2024 101 465
1. Number of people convicted of at least one domestic abuse crime in a case.
2. If there are multiple accused in a case they will be counted separately.
3. If a person appears in more than one case per year then they will be counted more than once.
Domestic abuse offences in this analysis include only offences under section 1 of the Domestic Abuse (S) Act 2018. They don’t include other offences with domestic abuse aggravators.
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Detected exemption language
Domestic abuse offences in this analysis include only offences under section 1 of the Domestic Abuse (S) Act 2018.
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