Attacks on family members by women rise twice as fast as by men, new report shows
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By Verity Bowman
Attacks by women on family members have risen twice as fast as those by men, new data show, leading campaigners to call for an overhaul of approaches to domestic violence.
Female perpetrators now account for 28 per cent of cases - compared to 19 per cent a decade ago. Male perpetrators were still identified in the majority of domestic violence incidents.
The number of attacks committed by females has tripled, growing from 27,762 in 2009 to 92,409 in 2018, according to the data obtained by The Sunday Telegraph under the Freedom of Information Act. More than 10,000 incidents were identified by police in West Yorkshire alone.
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