Domestic violence - the facts

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Two women are killed every week in England and Wales by a current or former partner (Office of National Statistics, 2015) – one woman killed every three days.
One in four women in England and Wales will experience domestic violence in their lifetimes and 8% will suffer domestic violence in any given year (Crime Survey of England and Wales, 2013/14).
Globally, one in three women will experience violence at the hands of a male partner (State of the World’s Fathers Report, MenCare, 2015).
Domestic violence has a higher rate of repeat victimisation than any other crime (Home Office, July 2002).
Every minute police in the UK receive a domestic assistance call – yet only 35% of domestic violence incidents are reported to the police (Stanko, 2000 and Home Office, 2002).
The 2001/02 British Crime Survey (BCS) found that there were an estimated 635,000 incidents of domestic violence in England and Wales. 81% of the victims were women and 19% were men. Domestic violence incidents als...

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