General Article Are a third of domestic abuse victims men?

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By Grace Rahman

‘For every three victims of domestic abuse, two will be female, one will be male.’ –

ManKind Initiative,  March 2018

We’ve been asked by a reader to look into what percentage of domestic abuse victims are male.

Males made up 31%, or one in every three, of those aged between 16 and 74 who reported having been the victims of domestic abuse since they were 16. That’s according to a large survey of crime in England and Wales.

This includes those who’ve suffered abuse from a part...

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