The domestic abuse act is an essential legislation to read in understanding the various types of abuse that occurs, helping victims and saving lives.
Psalm 34:18 – "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."
Psalm 34:18 – "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."
An estimated 4.4% of people aged 16 years and over (5.7% women and 3.2% men) experienced domestic abuse in the last year. This equates to an estimated 2.1 million adults (1.4 million women and 751,000 men).
Approximately 1 in 5 people aged 16 years and over (9.8 million) had experienced domestic abuse since the age of 16 years.
Following the removal of the upper age limit for survey respondents in October 2021, when analysing data over a longer time period, we use the 16 to 59 years age range to give a comparable time series:
there was no significant change in the prevalence of domestic abuse experienced by adults aged 16 to 59 years in the last year (5.1%), compared with the year ending March 2023
there was a significant decrease compared with the year ending March 2020 (6.1%)
A higher percentage of people aged 16 years and over experienced domestic abuse by a partner or ex-partner (3.0%) than by a family member (1.8%) in the last year.
