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