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Every 10 mins

A woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member globally. (UN Women, 2024)

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2.1 Million

Adults in England & Wales were victims of domestic abuse last year. (ONS, 2023)

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£66 Billion

The estimated annual social cost of domestic abuse in England and Wales. (Home Office)

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7,400+

Deaths by suicide in the UK & Ireland last year. Trauma from abuse is a major risk factor. (Samaritans, 2024)

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1 in 5

 

1 in 5 adults experience Domestic Abuse during their lifetime. This equates to: 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6-7 men.

 

2.4 million

 

Last year 2.4 million adults were victims (1.7 million women and 699,000 men)

 

1.5 million

 

The police recorded 1,500,369 domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes in

England and Wales in the year ending March 2022. The number of domestic abuse-related crimes increased 7.7% compared to the previous year.

 

Women

 

Women are more likely to experience repeat victimisation, be physically injured or killed and experience sexual violence.

 

Victims

 

For every three victims, two are female and one is male

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93%

 

93% of people referred to our service seeking civil protection orders last year were women.

 

Every 30 seconds

 

A domestic abuse related call is made to the police every 30 seconds.

 

Domestic Abuse

 

Domestic abuse is a largely hidden crime which goes unreported to the police.

 

24%

 

It is estimated that less than 24% of domestic abuse crime is reported to the police.

 

Statistics

 

Serious Assault & Deaths

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• 83 men were killed in domestic homicides between April 2016 and March 2019 which equates to over 2 each month.

  (DA Act 2021: Statutory Guidance)

• The risk of serious assault and death is highest for a woman after she leaves an abusive relationship. According to the Femicide Census, 38% of women killed by their ex-partner from 2009 to 2018 were killed within the first month of separation and 89% in the first year.

  (Femicide Census, 2020)

• Women are more likely to be victims of high risk or severe domestic abuse: 95% of those going to MARAC or accessing an IDVA service are women. But men are also at risk of serious assault and death from their female or male partners.

  (SafeLives (2015), Insights Idva National Dataset 2013-14. Bristol: SafeLives)

 

Abuse by family members

• In a study of 32 Domestic Homicide Reviews a quarter were family-related homicide, with most of those cases involving a parent killed by their adult child.

  (Home Office, 2022)

 

Pregnancy, Children & Young People

• DA often begins or escalates during pregnancy. 1 in 3 pregnant women experience DA.

  (NHS, 2023)

• 62% of children living with domestic abuse are directly harmed by the perpetrator of the abuse, in addition to the harm caused by witnessing the abuse of others.

  (Caada (2014), In Plain Sight: Effective help for children exposed to domestic abuse)

• 20% or 1 in 5 children have lived with an adult perpetrating domestic abuse.

  (NSPCC: Child abuse and neglect in the UK today, 2019)

• Women aged 16 -19 are more likely to be victims than women aged 25 years and over.

• Similarly, men aged 16 – 19 were most likely to experience DA than at any other age.

  (ONS, 2020)

• 1 in 5 teenage girls have experienced domestic abuse in their dating relationship.

        (Safe Lives, 2017. Safe Young Lives – Young People & Domestic Abuse)

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Economic Cost of DA:

• The social and economic costs of DA are estimated at £66 billion in England and Wales in the year 2016-17. £14 billion of this is the cost to the economy arising from lost output due to time off work.

  (Home Office, 2019. The Economic and Social Costs of Domestic Abuse) 

 

Impact of DA

 

Stats taken from (Walby, S. (2004), The cost of domestic violence. Women and Equality Unit), (SafeLives (2015), Getting it right first time: policy report), (Golding, J. (1999), Intimate partner violence as a risk factor for mental disorders: a meta-analysis in ‘Journal of Family Violence’, 14 (2), 99-132.)

 

30 women

It is estimated that every day almost 30 women attempt suicide as a result of experiencing domestic abuse and every week three women take their own lives.

 

2.4 million

Last year 2.4 million adults were victims (1.7 million women and 699,000 men)

 

1.3 million

The police recorded nearly 1.3 million domestic-abuse related crimes in England and Wales in the year ending March 2020, an increase of 4% on the previous year.

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The problem we face

 

The numbers that drive our mission.

2.1 Million

Adults experienced domestic abuse in England and Wales last year. (Source: ONS, 2023)

 

£66 Billion

The estimated annual social cost of domestic abuse in the UK. (Source: Home Office, 2019)

Every 10 mins

 

A woman or girl is killed by a partner or family member globally. (Source: UN Women, 2024)

 

1.6 million women are subject to domestic abuse every year in England and Wales.
85,000 women are raped in England and Wales every year whilst
prosecution rates fell to under 3%.

 

100,000 people in the UK are at imminent risk of being murdered or
seriously injured as a result of domestic abuse every year.

 

130,000 children live in households where there is domestic abuse. It
is estimated that a third of these are not known to any agencies.
There is a significant link between domestic abuse and child abuse and

 

62% of children living with domestic abuse are directly harmed by the
perpetrator.

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