National Stalking Awareness Week

This week, we will be highlighting the clear and significant link between stalking and serious harm, and urging professionals and the public to recognise the warning signs early.

The message comes during National Stalking Awareness Week (20–26 April), which this year highlights the link between stalking and homicide, and the importance of early intervention.

Stalking is not harmless persistence or unwanted attention - it is a pattern of fixated, intrusive, and threatening behaviour that causes fear, strips victims of their freedom and, if not identified and addressed, can escalate rapidly to serious harm.

Read more: Early action on stalking can save lives, say Cheshire police | Cheshire Constabulary