Facts and statistics
The facts reveal that violence forms part of the every day lives of most women. In the UK:
- One woman in four will experience domestic violence at some point in her life
- Domestic violence has more repeat victims than any other crime (on average there will have been 35 assaults before a victim calls the police)
- Two women are murdered every week by their partner or ex partner
- One incident of domestic violence is reported to the police every minute
- One woman in four will experience sexual assault as an adult
- Only 5% of rapes reported to the police result in the perpetrator being convicted in court
- Women are more worried about rape than any other crime
- 250 cases of forced marriage are reported each year
- Up to 1,420 women per year are trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation
- One woman a month is murdered in the name of ‘so called’ honour