- Each year around 1.4 million women (8.5% of the population) suffer some form of domestic abuse2
- Each year more than 100,000 people in the UK are at high and imminent risk of being murdered or seriously injured as a result of domestic abuse 3
- Seven women a month are killed by a current or former partner in England and Wales 2
- 130,000 children live in homes where there is high-risk domestic abuse 3
- 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 1
- It is estimated many more women take their own lives as a result of domestic abuse: every day almost 30 women attempt suicide as a result of experiencing domestic abuse and every week three women take their own lives 4
Sources
1 Caada (2014), In Plain Sight: Effective help for children exposed to domestic abuse. Bristol: Caada.
2 ONS (2015), Crime Survey England and Wales 2013-14. London: Office for National Statistics.
3 SafeLives (2015), Getting it right first time: policy report. Bristol: SafeLives.
6 Walby, S. and Allen, J. (2014), Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking: Findings from the British Crime Survey. London: Home Office.
