85,000 women and 12,000 men experience rape, attempted rape or sexual assault in England and Wales every year. Only 10-15% of sexual offences are reported to the police and 90% of rapes are committed by known people, often by someone who the survivor previously trusted or even loved. Rapists can be friends, colleagues, clients, neighbours, family, partners or exes.
It is estimated 6.9% (1.7 million) of women and 3% (699,000) of men experienced domestic in the year ending March 2022. The abuser can be a partner, relative, neighbour, employer or friend. between April 2020 and March 2021 reported 177 women were murdered in England and Wales. 86 victims were male of domestic homicide in the year ending March 2018 to March 2020.