Statistics

Domestic violence accounts for between 16% and one quarter of all recorded violent crime.
(Home Office, 2004; Dodd et al., 2004; BCS,1998; Dobash and Dobash, 1980)

In any one year, there are 13 million separate incidents of physical violence or threats of violence against women from partners or former partners.
(Walby and Allen, 2004)

At least 750,000 children a year witness domestic violence.
(Department of Health, 2002)

1 in 5 young men and 1 in 10 young women think that abuse or violence against women is acceptable.
(Zero Tolerance Charitable Trust, 1998).

The Forced Marriage Unit received 5,000 enquiries and handled approximately 400 cases in 2007, 167 of which involved repatriation to the UK.
(From answer to Parliamentary question, Vernon Coaker MP, 30/1/08)

Every minute in the UK, the police receive a call from the public for assistance for domestic violence. This leads to police receiving an estimated 1,300 calls each day or over 570,000 each year.
(Stanko, 2000).


References
Dobash, R. and Dobash, R. (1980) Violence against wives (London: Viking)

Walby, Sylvia and Allen, Jonathan (2004) Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking: Findings from the British Crime Survey (London: Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate)

Department of Health (2005) Responding to domestic abuse (London: DH)
Stanko, E. (2000) The Day to Count: A snapshot of the Impact of Domestic Violence in the UK. Criminal Justice 1:2.