Key Statistics

Male victims of domestic and partner abuse key facts

Updated: Summer 2023
Author: Mark Brooks, ManKind Initiative
Sources below

1

2 Female,
1 Male

For every three victims of domestic
abuse, two will be female, one will be
male.

3

13% of men (2.4 million) and 23.5% (5.5 million) of women have said they had been a victim of partner abuse in their lifetime.

2

3.2% of men

3.2% of men (751,000) and 5.7% of women (1.38 million) were victims of domestic abuse in 2022/23

4

21% of men never tell anyone they are a victim of partner abuse.

5

2.6% of men (equivalent to 429,000) and 5.4% of women (equivalent to 827,000) experienced partner abuse in 2022/23

Key Facts: Sources

ONS figures are for men and women aged 16-59 in England and Wales

For the latest statistics featuring male victims of domestic abuse, please
visit the ManKind Initiative’s statistics page:  https://bit.ly/3rFUxAL

Produced by Mark Brooks (Summer 2023)
© The ManKind Initiative

(1) ONS domestic abuse: findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales: year ending March 2023  https://bit.ly/3sQLlJT

(2) ONS domestic abuse: findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales: year ending March 2020  https://bit.ly/3sQLlJT

(3) ONS domestic abuse: findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales: year ending March 2023  https://bit.ly/3sQLlJT

(4) ONS domestic abuse: findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales: year ending March 2023  https://bit.ly/3sQLlJT

(5) ONS domestic abuse: findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales: year ending March 2023  https://bit.ly/3sQLlJT

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