•2/3 women are killed in the UK every week by a partner or ex-partner

•Domestic violence accounts for 25% of all reported crime

•1 in 9 women have experienced domestic abuse in the past year

•Crimes range from Common assault to Murder

•Survivors, on average are assaulted up to 35 times before seeking help

•In excess of 90% of cases women

•Police in the UK receive 1,300 domestic violence related calls per day

•The total cost of domestic violence to services (Criminal Justice System, health, social services, housing, civil legal) amounts to £3.1 billion, while the loss to the economy is £2.7 billion. This amounts to over £5.7 billion a year.

The costs can be broken down as follows:
•Criminal Justice System: The cost of domestic violence to the criminal justice system (CJS) is around £1 billion a year. This is nearly one-quarter of the CJS budget for violent crime.

•Health Care: The cost to the NHS for physical injuries is around £1.2 billion a year.

•Social Services: The annual cost is nearly a £.25 billion.

•Housing amounts to £.16 billion a year.

•Civil Legal: Civil legal services cost over £.3 billion, about half of which is borne by legal aid and half by the individual.

•Economic Output: Lost economic output accounts for around £2.7 billion a year.
 

Source: Women’s Aid Federation of England 2007. And Department of Trade and Industry 2007.