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In numbers: Stalking with The Suzy Lamplugh Trust
STALKING in numbers
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is a personal safety charity and a leading authority on stalking, founded by the family of Suzy Lamplugh, who went missing in 1986 and was never found. Evidence suggests Suzy was targeted by a stalker and the trust also set up the National Stalking Helpline. 1.5 MILLION
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35
...YEARS SINCE SUZY LAMPLUGH, A 25 YEAR-OLD ESTATE AGENT, WENT TO MEET A CLIENT ALONE AND NEVER RETURNED. SADLY, SUZY’S BODY WAS NEVER FOUND AND SHE WAS DECLARED AS OFFICIALLY DECEASED, PRESUMED MURDERED, SEVEN
YEARS AFTER HER
DISAPPEARANCE IN 1993. 45,000
0.1% of stalking cases resulted in a conviction in the year ending March
2020. Of those, only
26% of stalking victims are women 80% (304 perpetrators) received an immediate custodial sentence
88% THE PERCENTAGE OF RESPONDENTS IN A STUDY INTO AGGRESSIVE OR UNWANTED SEXUAL
BEHAVIOURS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE
LAST FIVE YEARS WHO HAD EXPERIENCED
NEGATIVE ATTENTION. THESE WERE THE MOST
COMMON BEHAVIOURS REPORTED...
64% were stared at, 51% had someone sitting or standing next to them, 42% experienced verbal abuse, 36% had someone pressing against them, 32% reported unwanted conversation that was aggressive/intimidating
The number of stalking victims that have contacted the National Stalking Helpline since its inception in 2010 and received help. 1,000 organisations have been provided lone working and personal safety training from the Suzy Lamplugh Trust
250,000
JUST BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021 THE SUZY LAMPLUGH TRUST REACHED MORE THAN 250,000 PROFESSIONALS THROUGH ITS WEBINARS, TALKS AND TRAINING SESSIONS
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s campaigning has been pivotal to changes in law and practice nationally, including the Stalking Protection Act 2019, which introduced Stalking Protection Orders in 2020
FIND OUT MORE AT CHARITABLE.TRAVEL/SUZY-LAMPLUGH-TRUST
