Male Victims of Domestic Abuse
Results of latest government detailed study on intimate violence in England and Wales
A confidential self-completion module was again used as a supplement to the 2015/16 British Crime Survey for England and Wales, in order to obtain in confidence the experiences of a nationally representative sample of people, this year of just under twenty thousand men and women between the ages of 16 and 59.
The results were first published in February 2017 by the Office for National
Statistics
(British Crime Survey), Focus on violent crime and sexual offences. England
and
Wales: year ending March 2016, with an associated Compendium by Emma Wright,
9 February 2017.
In general, the Survey found similar prevalence rates of intimate violence
to those
revealed in previous years.
Table 1 Estimated numbers of victims of intimate violence during the year ending March 2016, England and Wales.
| Type of violence |
Men
1000s |
Women
1000s |
Total
1000s |
%
Male
|
| Any domestic abuse |
716
|
1272
|
1989
|
36
|
| Domestic abuse - Non-physical |
491
|
845
|
1336
|
36.7
|
|
Domestic
abuse - Threats or force
|
353
|
640
|
993
|
35.5
|
| Domestic abuse - Threats |
239
|
512
|
751
|
31.8
|
| Domestic abuse - Force |
207
|
364
|
572
|
36.2
|
| Any partner abuse |
489
|
1028
|
1517
|
32.2
|
| Any family abuse |
322
|
360
|
682
|
47.2
|
| Partner abuse - Non-sexual |
451
|
891
|
1342
|
33.7
|
| Family abuse – Non-sexual |
296
|
315
|
611
|
48.3
|
| Sexual assault (incl attempts) |
111
|
533
|
645
|
17.2
|
| Stalking |
450
|
759
|
1210
|
37.2
|
Source: ONS. (British Crime Survey) Focus on violent crime and sexual
offences. England and Wales: Year ending March 2016. See ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/compendium/
focusonviolentcrimeandsexualoffences/yearendingmarch2016. Data tables
can be found on ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/
appendixtablesfocusonviolentcrimeandsexualoffences/yearendingmarch2016/fovappendixtables.xls
The risk of intimate violence varies by demographic, socio-economic and lifestyle characteristics. Characteristics that were independently associated with an increased risk of intimate violence across all the forms included marital status (in particular being unmarried), housing tenure, age (under the age of 45), and having a limiting disability or illness.
PARITY
August 2017
