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Historical trend
Trend summary
The Crime Survey for England and Wales estimated 1.9 million adults experienced domestic abuse in the year to March 2024.
Trend
- CSEW domestic abuse estimates have been broadly stable in the range of 1.9–2.4 million since 2013.
- Police-recorded domestic abuse offences have risen substantially over the same period, reflecting improved recording and greater willingness to report.
- Women account for approximately two-thirds of victims in CSEW estimates.
Context
- The CSEW domestic abuse module covers abuse by a current or former intimate partner or family member; it is self-reported.
- The ONS and Home Office publish domestic abuse statistics jointly each November.
Trend summary generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 on 21 November 2024. Contains no editorial judgement — describes direction, magnitude, and official projections only.
About this indicator
- Source
- ONS / Home Office
- Update frequency
- Annual
- Last updated
- 21 November 2024 Data may be out of date
- Licence
- OGL v3
- Rising trend is…
- Negative
Statistics
- Latest
- 1260000.0 incidents
- Period high
- 1288000.0
- Period low
- 1230750.0
- Period average
- 1264915.0