• In over 90% of domestic abuse incidents, a child is present or in an adjacent room.
• 30% of domestic abuse starts, or gets worse, during pregnancy.
• Domestic abuse accounts for almost 25% of all recorded violent crime.
• One in four women will be affected by domestic abuse in their lifetimes.
• Two women a week are killed by their partner or ex-partner in England & Wales.
• 54% of rapes in the UK are committed by a woman’s current or former partner.
• Nearly 75% of children on the Child Protection register live in households where domestic abuse occurs.

How does WWA use the data provided by Member groups?

Welsh Assembly Government: Statistics are used to illustrate to the Welsh Assembly that there is still a need for domestic abuse services and to identify gaps in service provision, as well as identifying trends and providing evidence to legislative bodies and funders.

Research: We provide statistics to outside organisations and individuals who are conducting research in the field of domestic abuse.

Consultations: Specialist members of the national team and external agencies use the statistics to respond to various consultations, and the statistics are also used to respond to media requests. We regularly receive requests for up to date statistics on domestic abuse from Media sources, domestic abuse coordinators, and other organisations.

Campaigning & Funding Applications: The statistical data that we collect can be used to more effectively campaign for other resources.

Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline

The Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline collects statistical information about the service users and organisation who contact the Helpline.

The helpline to date has received over 60,000 total dialled calls since the helpline first went live in 2004.

Between 1^st April 2008 and 31^st March 2009, the helpline managed a total of 22,285 calls. This figure represents all calls made to the helpline, which include all incoming and outgoing calls made to the helpline.

• The Helpline received 17,161 incoming calls during 2008/09
• 53% of calls originated from South Wales, 35% from North Wales and 12% from Mid-Wales
• In March 2009 alone, the Helpline received over 1500 calls, compared to just over 1300 in March 2008
• 70% of callers to the Helpline were calling for the first time

Statistics collated by the Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline relate only to new/first-time callers.

Of those callers who were experiencing domestic abuse:

• 94% were female
• 162 calls were from men experiencing domestic abuse
• 78% of our callers who disclosed their age were aged between 26-45
• 4% callers reported that they were pregnant
• 2% callers reported that they had a disability
• Over a third of our callers that were experiencing domestic abuse reported that they had children (36%)

Downloadable Documents:

Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline Monthly Call Volume 2005-2009