About us|Careers|Anti-Slavery Pay Now HOME LOOKING FOR A HOME LIVING IN YOUR HOME MONEY MATTERS YOUR VOICE RENT A GARAGE CONTACT Home> What is domestic abuse? The different types of abuse What can Saxon Weald do? Our commitment Support services Staying safe online Get in touch What is domestic abuse? Domestic abuse is defined as an incident or series of incidents of controlling, coercive, or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse. No one deserves to be a victim of domestic abuse or feel unsafe in their home. However, unfortunately, it is not uncommon. According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) year ending March 2020, an estimated 5.5% of adults aged 16 to 74 years old (around 2.3 million people) experienced domestic abuse in the last year. In the year ending March 2020, the police also recorded a total of 1,288,018 domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes in England and Wales. Of these, 41% (529,077 cases) were incidents not subsequently recorded as a crime. The remaining 59% (758,941 cases) were recorded as domestic abuse-related crimes. Find out more about these figures here. Find out about the work we're doing to support victims and survivors of domestic abuse below: The different types of abuse What can Saxon Weald do? Our commitment Support services Please be aware that the pink Quick Exit button at the side of our website will take you to another website if you need to leave quickly. This can be found on each of our domestic abuse web pages. You don't have to suffer in silence. We're here to help so please reach out to us. Sitemap | Accessibility | T&Cs | Privacy | Cookies ©2021 Saxon Weald.Website by Storm12 Saxon Weald is a charitable Community Benefit Society Registered society number 7971 This site uses cookies Some of the cookies we use are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by collecting information about how our website is being used. To find out more about the cookies we use, please see our Cookie Notice. For information on how we collect, use and manage personal data, please see our Privacy Notice. Select preferencesAccept all Cookie preferences This website uses cookies to find out how it's being used, and to enhance our visitors' online experience. For more detailed information about how and why we use cookies, take a look at our Cookie Notice. To receive the best possible user experience, we recommend enabling all cookies below. However, if you would like to opt out of certain cookies, you can do so. You can change and update your cookie preferences at any time in our Cookie Notice. Necessary cookies (required) Analytical cookies Marketing cookies Third party cookies Submit preferences