Domestic violence 'widespread' Police are called out to an incident of domestic violence every 60 seconds, official figures show. Police receive more than 1,300 calls every day, or more than 570,000 calls a year, relating to domestic violence. The figures suggest that an individual is violently assaulted in their home every six to 20 seconds. The figures, which were compiled by police forces across the UK over one day in September, show that domestic violence is more widespread than previously thought.
Domestic violence is a huge problem.
The 24 hour snapshot reveals that some of the victims of domestic violence had been raped or stabbed. Some women had been kicked while they were pregnant. Four out of five calls were from women who have been attacked by men while almost one in 10 were from men who have been assaulted by women. A shocking reminder' John Grieve, deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service's diversity unit, described the figures as shocking. The findings of this snapshot are a shocking reminder of the scale of domestic violence both in London and nationally.