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The thin line marks today, 29 September 2026.

Violence

National Stalking Awareness Month

National Stalking Awareness Month runs through January in the United States, coordinated by the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center. It exists because stalking is common, is often missed by the agencies victims turn to, and usually runs alongside other abuse. SPARC gives police, prosecutors, campuses and victim services training and materials for the month, and marks a Day of Action on 18 January.

2027

1–31 January 2027

Expected

Expected date from the organiser’s standing rule. Confirm with the organiser nearer the time.

Organiser: Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC)

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When it falls

The whole of January, every year.

Also known as: NSAM, Stalking Awareness Month.

Where it came from

National Stalking Awareness Month is coordinated each January by the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center, a project of AEquitas funded by the United States Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. SPARC's work is aimed at the professionals victims reach first - police, prosecutors, courts, campus staff, health and victim services - and the month is its annual push to have stalking recognised, named and acted on. A Day of Action falls on 18 January. SPARC called January 2025 the twenty-first annual observance.

The organiser’s account of the day

How organisations mark it

  • Take SPARC's training, or one of its recorded webinars, with the team that receives these reports.
  • Check that your forms and case notes capture a course of conduct over time rather than a series of separate incidents.
  • Run the 18 January Day of Action with local partners.
  • Add stalking to induction for campus, healthcare and victim services staff, not just for police and prosecutors.
  • Review how your service documents evidence and builds safety plans with people who report being stalked.

Why this exists

Violence & self-harm

1.25 milliondeaths a year from violence-related injuries

Deaths from violence-related injuries worldwide — worldwide, 2024. Source: World Health Organization, Injuries and violence (fact sheet) (2024).

“Of the 4.4 million injury-related deaths, unintentional injuries take the lives of 3.16 million people every year and violence-related injuries kill 1.25 million people every year.”

More figures for this hazard

ObservanceNextKindWhereHazards
Domestic Violence Awareness Month1–31 October 2026 ConfirmedMonthUnited StatesViolence
Sexual Assault Awareness Month1–30 April 2027 ExpectedMonthUnited StatesViolence
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month1–28 February 2027 ExpectedMonthUnited StatesViolenceChildren

Sources

  1. Stalking Awareness Month - SPARC — www.stalkingawareness.org, read 19 September 2026.
  2. National Stalking Awareness Month 2026 - SPARC — www.stalkingawareness.org, read 19 September 2026.
  3. National Stalking Awareness Month 2025 - SPARC — www.stalkingawareness.org, read 19 September 2026.
  4. About SPARC - Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center — www.stalkingawareness.org, read 19 September 2026.

Page last confirmed against the organiser on 19 September 2026.