English: Thank you, Llywydd. Stalking is a pattern of unwanted, persistent, obsessive and intrusive behaviours by one person towards another person, causing fear of violence and distress to the person being targeted. It's easy to think of stalking as something that only happens to public figures or celebrities, such as popstars, but the reality today in the United Kingdom is that one in five women and one in 10 men will be stalked at some point in their lives. In fact, it's estimated that 1.5 million people are stalked in England and Wales every year. However, the actual numbers are likely to exceed this figure for a number of reasons, including: a lack of awareness about what stalking is; complexities regarding the individual's relationship with the offender; how stalking behaviour usually develops over time; fears for personal safety; distrust of the police and criminal justice system; previous traumatic experiences; and an unsatisfactory response by police when someone complains. It is also alarming that, on average, it takes 100 cases of unwanted behaviours by a stalker before a person contacts the police about the matter. This is supported by research carried out by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which found that nearly two thirds of the stalking survivors to whom they had spoken since the start of the pandemic had not reported the matter to the police. We have seen a marked increase in stalking over the past decade, and these cases have also increased significantly over the period of the pandemic. Indeed in Wales, if you compare the figures for April to June 2020 to the figures for April to June 2021, there has been an increase of 30 per cent in the number of instances of stalking and harassment that have been recorded. In Dyfed-Powys, there was an increase of 102 per cent, an increase of 23 per cent in north Wales and 24 per cent in south Wales. In Gwent, there was a very small decrease of 1 per cent.
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Mae stelcian yn batrwm o ymddygiadau digroeso, sefydlog, obsesiynol ac ymwthiol gan un person tuag at berson arall sy'n achosi ofn o drais a thrallod i'r unigolyn sy'n cael ei dargedu. Mae'n hawdd meddwl am stelcian fel rhywbeth sydd dim ond yn digwydd i ffigurau cyhoeddus neu enwogion megis sêr pop, ond y gwir amdani heddiw yn y Deyrnas Unedig yw y bydd un ym mhob pump menyw ac un ym mhob 10 dyn yn cael ei stelcian ar ryw bwynt yn eu bywydau. Yn wir, amcangyfrifir bod oddeutu 1.5 miliwn o bobl yn cael eu stelcian yng Nghymru a Lloegr bob blwyddyn. Fodd bynnag, mae'r niferoedd mewn gwirionedd yn debygol o fod yn uwch na'r ffigwr hwn am nifer o resymau, megis: diffyg ymwybyddiaeth o beth yw stelcian; cymhlethdodau ynghylch perthynas yr unigolyn â'r troseddwr; sut mae ymddygiad stelcian fel arfer yn datblygu dros amser; ofn am ddiogelwch personol; diffyg ymddiriedaeth yn yr heddlu a'r system cyfiawnder troseddol; profiadau trawmatig blaenorol; ac ateb anfoddhaol gan yr heddlu pan fo rhywun yn cwyno. Yn frawychus hefyd, ar gyfartaledd, mae'n cymryd 100 achos o ymddygiadau digroeso gan stelciwr cyn i berson gysylltu gyda'r heddlu ynglŷn â hyn. Cefnogir hyn gan ymchwil a wnaed gan Ymddiriedolaeth Suzy Lamplugh a ganfu nad oedd bron i ddwy ran o dair o'r goroeswyr stelcian y buont yn siarad â nhw ers dechrau'r pandemig wedi rhoi gwybod i'r heddlu amdano. Rydym wedi gweld cynnydd sylweddol mewn stelcian dros y degawd diwethaf, ac mae wedi cynyddu hefyd yn sylweddol dros gyfnod y pandemig. Yn wir, yng Nghymru, os ydym yn cymharu ffigurau Ebrill i Fehefin 2020 i ffigurau Ebrill i Fehefin 2021, mae cynnydd o 30 y cant wedi bod yn y nifer o achosion o stelcian ac aflonyddu a gafodd eu recordio. Yn Nyfed-Powys, roedd cynnydd o 102 y cant, 23 y cant yng ngogledd Cymru a 24 y cant yn ne Cymru. Yng Ngwent yn unig bu gostyngiad, sef gostyngiad bychan o 1 y cant.