In 2023/24 there were approximately 197,000 domestic violence incidents recorded by the police in England and Wales, compared with the 701,000 offences reported in 2001/02.

7.7% of White women reported being the victim of domestic abuse in the year to March 2020, compared with 3.6% of White men.

An interactive Excel-based data tool for domestic abuse statistics. It allows users to explore data for their police force area in more detail and compare with other areas.

Between 2009/10 and 2023/24, 1,142 women have been killed by a partner, or an ex-partner in England and Wales, compared with 514 killed by family members, 316 killed by friends or acquaintances, and 273 killed by strangers. In every reporting year in the provided time period, partners or ex-partners were responsible for the highest number of homicides of female victims.

Domestic abuse numbers, prevalence, types and victim characteristics, based upon findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales and police recorded crime.

United Kingdom UK: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data was reported at 0.874 Ratio in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.776 Ratio for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data is updated yearly, averaging 0.825 Ratio from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2016, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.115 Ratio in 2007 and a record low of 0.599 Ratio in 2011. United Kingdom UK: Intentional Homicides: Female: per 100,000 Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides, female are estimates of unlawful female homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; ;

Of the *** recorded homicides in England and Wales in 2023/24, *** of the victims were male, and *** victims were female. Although the majority of homicide victims are men, they are also responsible for far more homicides than females are, with the vast majority of homicide suspects being male in England and Wales.

This statistic presents public acceptance rates concerning domestic violence against women in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016. While the vast majority of respondents stated that domestic violence against women was unacceptable and should always be punished by law, 13 percent of respondents thought these incidents should not always be prosecuted by the law.

United Kingdom UK: Intentional Homicides: Male: per 100,000 Male data was reported at 1.541 Ratio in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.215 Ratio for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Intentional Homicides: Male: per 100,000 Male data is updated yearly, averaging 1.505 Ratio from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2016, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.768 Ratio in 2005 and a record low of 1.144 Ratio in 2014. United Kingdom UK: Intentional Homicides: Male: per 100,000 Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Health Statistics. Intentional homicides, male are estimates of unlawful male homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.; ; UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.; ;

Indicators from a range of data sources to assess the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on domestic abuse in England and Wales.

Domestic abuse numbers, prevalence and types, by region and police force area, using annual data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, police recorded crime and a number of different organisations.

U.K. murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2020 was 1.00, a 12.74% decline from 2019.

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<li>U.K. murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>1.15</strong>, a <strong>1.2% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>U.K. murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>1.14</strong>, a <strong>7.19% decline</strong> from 2017.</li>
<li>U.K. murder/homicide rate per 100K population for 2017 was <strong>1.22</strong>, a <strong>1.9% increase</strong> from 2016.</li>
</ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

In 2023, almost one out of three ever-partnered Turkish women had experienced domestic violence. In comparison, only 12 percent of women living in Switzerland had experienced domestic violence in their lifetime.

This three-year ESCR-funded project aimed to address important gaps in knowledge of domestic homicide. Domestic homicide is both a global and a domestic problem that disproportionately affects women. Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) were introduced as a statutory requirement in England and Wales in 2011 to review the circumstances in which the death of a person aged 16 or over has, or appears to have, resulted from violence, abuse or neglect perpetrated by an intimate ex/partner, relative, or member of the same household (Home Office, 2016). The project aimed to learn from the experiences of families who had lost a relative to domestic homicide; victims/survivors of domestic abuse; professionals, and domestic homicide reviews (DHRs) to document, analyse, map, and influence policy and practice to prevent future domestic homicides. To this end the research team conducted a systematic review of domestic homicide reviews internationally to build knowledge about their focus, organisation and lessons identified in order to inform future developments of DHRs; analysed all publicly available DHRs to identify possible risk and contextual factors preceding the homicides and the recommendations made in DHRs to prevent future domestic homicides, and, explored the journeys of victim/survivors, families and agencies in relation to high risk domestic violence and domestic homicide to ensure policy and practice is cognisant of and learns from their experiences and to investigate good practice, lost opportunities for interventions and to identify areas for strengthening responses for the prevention of domestic homicides. The total archived dataset comprises quantitative and qualitative data: 1) an SPSS database containing data from the 302 DHRs. 2) The interview transcripts with family members (n=7) who had been bereaved by domestic homicide and survivors of domestic violence (n=10) and nineteen semi-structured, audio recorded interviews (9 in Wales, 10 in Lancashire) conducted with professionals who have worked with victims or been involved in DHRs, e.g. healthcare professionals, social workers, voluntary agency staff, police officers from the two identified CSP networks (Lancashire and Wales). These are also available in the form of three digital films here: https://domestichomicide-halt.co.uk/resource-center/

Learning from Domestic Homicide Reviews using Experience Based Co-Design, also known as Homicide Abuse Learning Together (HALT) was a three-year study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ES/S005471/2) and carried out by researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Central Lancashire and Liverpool John Moores University. The key aim was to enhance policy and practice by improving methods for implementing the recommendations of domestic homicide reviews. Domestic homicide is both a global and a domestic problem. Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) were introduced as a statutory requirement in England and Wales in 2011 to review the circumstances in which the death of a person aged 16 or over has, or appears to have, resulted from violence, abuse or neglect perpetrated by an intimate ex/partner, relative, or member of the same household (Home Office, 2016). The HALT project aimed to address important gaps in knowledge of domestic homicide and to learn from the experiences of families who had lost a relative to domestic homicide; victims/survivors of domestic abuse; professionals, and domestic homicide reviews (DHRs) to document, analyse, map, and influence policy and practice to prevent future domestic homicides. From our findings, we developed key themes that generated outputs including policy briefings, a series of films, a book of poetry based on the transcripts of survivor and family interviews. These are available at the resources page of the HALT project website here: https://domestichomicide-halt.co.uk/resource-center/

For the year ending March 2024, there were 58,612 applications to the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, also known as Clare's Law, in England and Wales. Successful applications to the scheme allow the police to disclose to someone if their partner has a history of violence or abusive behavior.

The number of victims of gender abuse in Spain showed a downtrend over the period of time under consideration, fluctuating from a peak in 2008 at 76 women killed by their partners and registering its lowest point in 2016 with 49 victims.

Organic Act 1/2004 In 2004, Zapatero’s government passed the Organic Act 1/2004 on Integrated Protection Measures against Gender Violence, a law approved unanimously in Parliament which included measures of prevention, protection and support for female victims of gender-based violence. Yet, 19 years later, most victims of gender violence in Spain had not filed a legal complaint against their aggressor.

On the other hand, thousands of victims have benefited from the protection granted by the new legal framework. As of 2023, more than 36,000 women were under gender violence protection schemes or precautionary measures throughout Spain. In order to comply with the measures included in the Organic Act, the hotline ATENPRO was implemented in 2005 to offer support and protection to gender-violence victims. By the end of that year it already had 5,661 active users, recording in 2024 the highest volume to date: 18,074 users.

The profile of violence

In 2023, Andalusia, Region of Valencia and Catalonia were the autonomous communities that registered the largest number of crimes regarding gender violence. The most common age among assailants ranged from 30 to 44 years, while less than 600 people who assaulted women were 19 or younger. This could mean either that teenagers are less prone to denounce these crimes, or a changing attitude among younger generations. Actually, the number of underage women that were killed in gender violence assaults in Spain have remained under ten per year since at least 2013.

Recorded crime figures for CSP areas. Number of offences for the last two years, percentage change, and rates per 1,000 population for the latest year.

The aim of the research was also to be able to identify good practice and make policy and practice recommendations to the criminal justice system in responding to domestic abuse during the covid 19 pandemic. We deployed mixed and qualitative methods to gather an appreciation of practice responses being made by and from criminal justice professionals during 2020-21 supplemented by an analysis of publicly available secondary statistics. This publication offers a fuller picture of our approach. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20597991211008581

Domestic violence is a severe problem in the UK, but the social isolation regulations imposed in March 2020 have exacerbated dangers (“a perfect storm for controlling, violent behaviour behind closed doors”). Media coverage has intimated the likely impact of the ‘stay at home’ directive on the nature and extent of domestic abuse. Evidence suggests that this has already taken its toll on the rates of intimate partner homicide, and that the number of assaults and murders will continue to rise considerably this year. In April, the 2020 Home Affairs Committee noted that the police are currently struggling to protect the vulnerable. Several forces have innovated, introduced digital reporting, and new types of emergency responses in order to protect victims. The courts are also struggling to hold trials and sentence domestic violence offenders, and the backlog in cases is likely to mean that victims will be dissuaded from taking cases to court. This project will evaluate the efficacy of policy and practice innovations by both the police and courts to deal with the immediate crisis and explore their viability for future practice in face of ongoing service demands and the fiscal impact of such as the longer-term consequences of the global pandemic take root. The research team, which consists of experienced experts in the field, will work together with CJS partners to produce fast-delivery reports in order to facilitate shared good practice in the social-isolation period and its immediate aftermath; and explore longer-term trends which emerge in the next eighteen months