South Ayrshire Multi Agency Partnership

Information For Women

As many as one in five women in Scotland will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime.

In the UK a woman is murdered every 3 days by a partner or ex-partner.
(Home Office Crime Stats, 2001)

It is estimated that only 2% of violent attacks on women are reported to the police.
(The Hidden Figure Middlesex University,1994)

On average a woman will be assaulted 35 times before calling the police for help.
(Yearnshire, 1997)

90% of children will be in the same or next room during attacks on their mothers.
(Hughes, 1992)

Women who experience violence have a 50% higher incidence of miscarriage & stillbirth.
(Mooney, 1993)

75% of all UK children on child protection registers are affected by domestic violence.
(Women's National Commission, April 2004)

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