According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) year ending March 2020:

an estimated 7.3% of women (1.6 million) and 3.6% of men (757,000) experienced domestic abuse in the last year

• women aged 16 to 19 years were more likely to be victims of any domestic abuse in the last year than women aged 25 years and over
• adults who were separated or divorced were more likely to have experienced domestic abuse compared with those who were married or civil partnered, cohabiting, single or widowed

Of crimes recorded by the police:

• in the year ending March 2020, the victim was female in 74% of domestic abuse-related crimes
• between the year ending March 2017 and the year ending March 2019, 77% of victims of domestic homicide were female compared with 13% of victims of non-domestic homicide

This publication does not cover the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Commentary discussing domestic abuse during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic can be found in Domestic abuse during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.