Although domestic abuse is chronically under reported, research estimates it: • accounts for 16% of all violent crime • will affect 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men in their lifetime • 77% of victims of domestic abuse are women • has more repeat victims than any other crime (on average there will have been 35 assaults before a victim calls the police) • on average, two women are killed every week by a current or former male partner • one incident of domestic abuse is reported to the police every minute (Source: Crime in England and Wales 2006/07
