Domestic Violence…Accounts for 17% Of All Violent Crime In The UK.
Domestic Violence – Statistics
Every year in England and Wales around 63,000 women and children spend at least one night in a refuge. Of 224 female victims of homicide in 1997, 47% were killed by their current or former partner. This means that one woman dies as a result of domestic violence, approximately every three days.
Although domestic violence is often not reported, it is estimated that it accounts for 17% of all violent crime, has more repeat victims than any other crime and will affect one in four women and one in six men in their lifetime. Continue reading “Domestic Violence…Accounts for 17% Of All Violent Crime In The UK.”…