Domestic abuse TWICE as common in England and Wales as in Scotland

By Professor John Robertson OBA

I remember in 2014, Frankie Boyle suggesting that Scotland become an Islamic Republic but that to do so it would have to treat its women better.

From the Scottish Government’s Safer Communities Directorate today, the above graph and:

The police recorded 63,867 incidents of domestic abuse in 2023-24, an increase of 3% compared to the previous year. This is the first year this figure has shown an increase since 2020-21.1

Note, from Section 1.2 of the full report:

The Act [in 2018] did not alter the way in which statistics on the volume of domestic abuse incidents reported to the police are collected and produced. As such its impact on this data is likely to be limited, albeit the associated awareness campaign to raise public understanding of domestic abuse, and to encourage victims to seek support may have had a role in the increased number of incidents seen during the years following the introduction of the act.

All things being equal, to take account of the 11 times greater population, we might expect the figure for England and Wales to be 11 times higher, that is around 700 000, but it was in fact, for 2022-23 (latest available) 1.45 million2, TWICE as high.

No doubt some will say this is pointless whitabootery but imagine that it was the other way round and domestic abuse incidents were twice as common in Scotland – ‘Scotland domestic abuse capital of UK!‘

Sources:

  1. https://www.gov.scot/publications/domestic-abuse-statistics-recorded-police-scotland-2023-24/pages/incidents-of-domestic-abuse/
  2. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/domesticabuseprevalenceandtrendsenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2023#:~:text=%5Bnote%201%5D.-,The%20police%20recorded%201%2C453%2C867%20domestic%20abuse%2Drelated%20incidents%20and%20crimes,1%2C347%2C536)%20%5Bnote%203%5D.

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4 thoughts on “Domestic abuse TWICE as common in England and Wales as in Scotland”

  1. Abused women have to stay in abused situations because they do not have equal rights. Women who cohabit, the majority of women, do not have equal rights. They have to put in a claim (1/3). It can take years and cost thousands. There is little legal aid, which has to be paid back in any case. They have no where to go without losing the roof over their head. Letting agencies illegally demand, 6 month rent plus deposit. Even to people with good credit.

    In the south, the Law has been changed to give abused women legal aid. Without having to sell or leave their house.

    It would be much less costly to give abused women legal aid and save more lives. From abuse, homicide and suicide. Badly affecting women and children.

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