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Domestic Violence is a crime.

Domestic Violence is physical assault as well as psychological and emotional abuse.

Abusive behaviour can include:

• Constant criticism and belittling comments
• Verbal abuse and threats to you and your children
• Isolation and control of contact with family and friends
• Restrictions on entry/exit from your home
• Intimidation
• Controlling behaviour
• Denial of privacy
• Oppressive control of finances
• Destruction of personal property and possessions

Statistics

Everybody has the right to live their lives free from domestic violence.

Think about the following statistics before you leave this website

• Every week in the UK, 2 women are killed because of domestic violence
• 1 in 4 women experience domestic violence during their lifetime.
• 42% of female homicide victims (compared with 4% of male victims) were killed by their current or former partner in England and Wales in 2000/01.
• 60% of women affected by domestic violence had left the relationship fearing that either they or their children would be killed by the perpetrator of domestic violence.
• In 40% of homeless women cases, domestic violence was a major contributory factor to the homelessness.
• Between 30 – 40 % of cases of domestic violence start during the pregnancy of the victim.
• The highest incidence of domestic violence was reported by women aged 20-24, 28% of whom had been assaulted and 33% had either been assaulted or threatened by an intimate partner at some stage in their lives.

Don’t become the next statistic.