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1 in 4 women are expected to experience Domestic Violence in their lifetime.
(British Crime Survey 2004)
25, 000 children live in refuge in one year in England.
(Women’s Aid and Refuge 2006)
According to the NSPCC (2005) 750,000 children are expected to live in households involving Domestic Violence in one year.
49 % of all women murdered are murdered by a partner or ex-partner.
(Home Office 2006)
6% of all men murdered are killed by a partner or ex-partner.
(Home Office 2004)
1,300 phone calls per day are received by English and Welsh police forces that involve Domestic Violence.
(Home Office 2002)
24% of all violent crime are Domestic Violence incidents.
(Home Office 2004)
According to RSPCA, there is an expected 85% link between pet violence and Domestic Violence. (RPSCA, Women’s Aid and Refuge 2003)
25% of all Child Line phone calls are from children who live with Domestic Abuse.
(Child Line 2005).
33% of all female suicides are known to have Domestic Violence as an underlying factor.
(Women’s Aid 2003)
If a child is living with a mother who is being abused it is likely that 50% of them are also being abused.
(Various research across America and UK)
In the case of Domestic Violence 95% of children are believed to be in the same or next room at the time of the incident.
(Women’s Aid)
45% of rapes are committed by the victim’s partner.
(BCS 2003)
On average a woman will have suffered 35 attacks before calling the police.
(Metropolitan Police 2000)
On average a woman will go in and out of refuge 6 – 7 times before leaving for good.
(WAFE).
In over a third of cases of stalking the victim will be in a close or previously close relationship with the perpetrator.
The estimated total cost of domestic violence to society in monetary terms is £23 billion per annum.
This figure includes an estimated £3.1 billion as the cost to the state, £1.3 billion as the cost to employers, and human suffering cost of £17 billion. The estimated total cost to the state is based on the following:
In cases where children have been killed or seriously injured 60% had domestic violence as a factor.
Brandon, M., Belderson, P., Warren, C., Howe, D., Gardner, R., Dodsworth, J. and Black, J. (2008) Analysing child deaths and serious injury through abuse and neglect: what can we learn? A biennial analysis of serious case reviews 2003–2005, Research Report DCSF-RR023. London: Department for Children, Schools and Families.
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