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.

This statistic shows the non-physical effects felt as a result of the partner abuse in England and Wales (UK) in 2012/13, by gender. It can be seen that women in England and Wales suffered non-physical harm from partner abuse more often than men. The most common effect, irrespective of gender, was mental or emotional problems.

A comprehensive list of data sources relating to violence against women and girls, bringing together a range of different sources from across government, academia and the voluntary sector.

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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.

Raw data on crime supplied by the Metropolitan Police Service and the Mayors Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).

Pan-London data includes:

- Total Notifiable Offences

- Total Victim-based crime (and Sanctioned Detection Rates)

- MOPAC Priority offences (*)

- Violence against the Person

- Violence with injury (VWI)* (and SDR)

- Serious Youth Violence

- Female victims of robbery & Violence with Injury

- Rape

- Knife Crime (and SDR)

- Knife Crime with Injury

- Gun Crime (and SDR)

- Gun Crime with firearm discharged

- Gang violence indicator

- Dog Attacks (and SDR)

- Homicide

- Sexual Offences

- Burglary (all)

- Burglary (residential)

- Robbery (all)

- Theft & Handling

- Theft from Person*

- Theft of Motor Vehicle*

- Theft from Motor Vehicle*

- Criminal Damage*

- Domestic Offences

- Homophobic Hate Victims

- Racist & Religious Hate Victims

- Faith Hate Victims

- Disability Hate Victims

- Stop & Search Totals (and related Arrest rate)

- Police Strengths - Officer/Staff/Special Constable/PCSO

- Satisfaction/Confidence in the Metropolitan Police Service (ease of contact/satisfaction with action taken/well-informed/fairly treated/overall satisfaction/overall confidence) NB. Quarterly data

- Crime-related calls to Police by category

- Anti-Social Behaviour-related calls to Police by category Borough data includes:

- MOPAC Priority offences - Police Strengths - Officer/Staff/Special Constable/PCSO

- Fear of crime ("to what extent are you worried about crime in this area?") NB. Quarterly data

NB. Action Fraud have taken over the recording of fraud offences nationally on behalf of individual police forces. This process began in April 2011 and was rolled out to all police forces by March 2013. Data for Greater London is available from Action Fraud here.

This statistic compares public perception on the commonness of domestic violence against women in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016. 32 percent of those surveyed from the UK believed domestic violence to be very common.

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.

A dataset providing a set of information to help practitioners dealing with cases of domestic violence and abuse, including honour based violence and forced marriage. Included are leaflets for distribution to affected clients, as well as risk assessment forms and the process for making a Claire’s Law request. These documents have been published in preparation for a Leeds City Council innovation lab focusing on support services in Leeds and domestic violence Further information For more information regarding the innovation lab visit: http://leedsdatamill.org/community/events/supporting-leeds-innovation-lab/

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.

Primary care plays a key role in addressing domestic violence and abuse (DVA) globally. However, DVA remains underdiagnosed and inadequately addressed in primary care, necessitating a deeper understanding of patients’ perspectives in the UK. To explore patients’ perceptions of their awareness of DVA signs and their attitudes towards using the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST)-short during routine primary care encounters. An anonymous 29-item e-Survey, available in 18 languages and including information about DVA support services, was administered via the Qualtrics XM Platform™ from March to October 2022. Eligible UK National Health Service patients aged 18+ were identified by GP practices in Northwest London and invited via SMS to participate. Data were collected from 6,967 NHS patients. The majority (78.0%) claimed awareness of the signs of DVA in adults and children, while about 22% were unaware or unsure of the signs of DVA. Nearly 85% reported insufficient public awareness about DVA. Around 70% recommended implementing the WAST-short screening tool during primary care encounters to raise awareness and support survivors. Over 50% viewed general practice as the optimal setting for identifying and referring survivors. Improved public education on DVA is needed, as a significant proportion of patients remain unaware or unsure of its signs, with the majority deeming public knowledge insufficient. Patients’ strong support for using standardised screening tools like the WAST-short reflects their trust in healthcare providers to conduct sensitive assessments. Integrating these tools into routine practice could enhance DVA interventions. Most patients are aware of domestic violence and abuse (DVA), but many are unclear about its signs, highlighting the need for public education. NHS patients trust healthcare providers to conduct sensitive screenings with standardised tools like WAST-short. Incorporating these tools into routine practice could strengthen DVA interventions and support efforts.

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.

This statistic compares public perception on the frequency of domestic violence against men in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016. While 30 percent of respondents perceived domestic violence against men to be not very common, 48 percent stated that it was fairly common.

This collection comprises mixed-methods data from a study exploring the use of abusive behaviours by partners in same-sex, bisexual and/or transgender relationships and practitioners' accounts of and perspectives on developing suitable and inclusive interventions for, and responses to, perpetrators of domestic violence and abuse in same-sex, bisexual and/or transgender relationships.

In recent years in the UK there has been recognition that domestic violence and abuse (DVA) takes place in same-sex, bisexual and/or transgender relationships and a parallel and emerging body of research which has begun to explore and develop understandings about how and why this occurs, and whether and how victim/survivors seek help. However, despite this growing literature, there has been no dedicated research on those who are the abusive partners in same-sex, bisexual and/or trans relationships, and consequently there has been little evidence to inform the development of services to address their behaviours. This study, which we have named the Coral Project, is the first UK study to collect data specifically about the perpetration of violent and abusive behaviours in lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender (LGB and/or T) relationships. The aims of the Coral Project were to: explore similarities and differences across sexuality and gender of those who enact ‘abusive’ behaviours in LGB and/or T and heterosexual relationships; do this with those who have enacted ‘abusive’ behaviours as well as practitioners who provide interventions for predominantly heterosexual male perpetrators; explore what methods might work best to elicit data to address these aims; and share key findings with key stakeholders to develop best practice guidance for work with those who use ‘abusive’ behaviours in LGBT relationships. A mixed-methods approach was taken in order to gather both quantitative and qualitative data about the use of abusive behaviours in same-sex, bisexual and/or transgender relationships through a national online survey and follow-up in-depth interviews with volunteers from the survey, respectively. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups with practitioners were also conducted in order to elicit practitioners’ understandings of the use of abusive behaviours within LGB and/or T relationships and their views on the suitability of existing domestic violence perpetrator interventions (designed primarily for heterosexual men) for addressing the abusive behaviour of LGB and/or T individuals, as well as what to find out about the nature of any current provision for LGB and/or T perpetrators and barriers to developing LGB and/or T interventions.

In 2023/24, there were 26,299 child abuse offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, an increase when compared with the previous reporting year, and a peak for this type of offence.

The quarterly legal aid statistics bulletin presents statistics on the legal aid scheme administered by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) for England and Wales. This edition comprises the first release of statistics for the three month period from July to September 2022 and also provides the latest statement of figures for all earlier periods. This edition also includes figures on Criminal Legal Aid Reform accelerated measures. These statistics are derived from data held by LAA, produced and published by Legal Aid Statistics team of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). Link to Data visualisation tool, a web-based tool allowing the user to view and customize charts and tables based on the published statistics.

This publication shows that expenditure across civil legal aid has increased year on year and has also increased more over the recent quarters. Following recovery from the impact of the pandemic, criminal legal aid expenditure has fallen in the most recent quarter due to strike action in the Crown Court in which impacted workload completed within the period.

Statistician’s Comment

Criminal legal aid workload for representation at the courts had returned to levels seen before covid but in the last few quarters we’ve seen falls in both courts suggesting a sustained fall in cases reaching court. In the most recent quarter, we have seen an increase in both police station claims and a corresponding representation orders at the magistrates’ court halting this trend. The increase to extended sentencing powers at the magistrates’ court, since implementation in May 2022, has been feeding through to overall volumes with less committals for sentence arriving at the Crown Court and subsequently more work held at the lower court.

Civil legal aid volumes and expenditure show a varied picture compared to last year. Overall civil expenditure is returning to pre-pandemic levels driven by family law expenditure. Other non-family workload has not recovered to the same extent and this is driven by a slow recovery of housing work although in the last quarter this has increased. Overall civil legal aid workload still remains below pre-pandemic levels although trends are increasing in domestic violence, mental health and, within exceptional case funding, immigration.

It was expected that criminal and civil legal aid volumes would return to, and even temporarily exceed, historic trend levels and more recent falls could be due to this return to normal levels.

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This statistic shows violent crimes and sexual offences in England and Wales (UK) from 2001/02 to 2018/19, by the offender's relation to the victim. In 2018/19, there were more violent offences commited by strangers than acquaintances. To see the number of domestic violence incidents click here.