Male victims of domestic and partner abuse key facts
Updated: Summer 2021
Author: Mark Brooks, ManKind Initiative
Sources below
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2 Female, 1 Male
For every three victims of domestic abuse, two will be female, one will be male.
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9.3% of men (equivalent to 2.2 million men) and 20.8% of women (5.1 million women) said they had experienced partner abuse in their lifetime.
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3.6% of men
3.6% of men (757,000) and 7.3% of women (1.561 million) were victims of domestic abuse in 2019/20
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Nearly half of male victims fail to tell anyone they are a victim of domestic abuse (only 51% tell anyone).
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2.1% of men (equivalent to 513,000) and 4.9% of women (equivalent to 1.195 million) experienced partner abuse in 2019/20
Key Facts: Sources
ONS figures are for men and women aged 16-59 in England and Wales
Produced by Mark Brooks (Summer 2021)
© The ManKind Initiative
(1) ONS domestic abuse: findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales: year ending March 2020 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 2020 https://bit.ly/3sQLlJT
(4) ONS domestic abuse: findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales: year ending March 2020 https://bit.ly/3sQLlJT
(5) ONS domestic abuse: findings from the Crime Survey for England and Wales: year ending March 2020 https://bit.ly/3sQLlJT
