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Metro
5 days ago
- Metro
More than 5,000,000 UK victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking
Around one in 10 people have been victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking, the latest bleak figures reveal. One in eight women and one in 12 men have reported being victims of these types of crimes despite the government promising a clamp down. This is a total of 5.1 million people aged 16 and over in England and Wales, the Office for National Statistics said. Heidi Riedel, CEO of Woman's Trust, told Metro: 'The overwhelming number of abuse survivors are female. 'Survivors deserve better – and the government must do better if it's serious about addressing not only the incidents of VAWG but also the impact. 'What the numbers won't include is people who either don't yet recognise that what they are experiencing is domestic abuse, for example people in coercively controlling relationships or where their partner might be restricting access to finances, for example.' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Around 100 women are killed by men each year – often ones closest to them. Ministers have promised to halve levels in a decade in its strategy to end violence against women and girls. The latest figures are slightly lower than last year's estimate of 5.4 million people. But the ONS said these estimates are still in development and are subject to change, and caution should be taken when making comparisons. Gemma Sherrington, CEO of Refuge, told Metro: 'We are in an epidemic of violence against women and girls (VAWG), so sadly, the latest ONS estimates around the prevalence of domestic abuse come as no surprise. 'We welcome improvements to data collection, but these figures are likely to represent the tip of the iceberg as VAWG remains severely under-reported. 'The Government must take urgent action if it is to achieve its pledge to halve VAWG within the next decade.' More Trending Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it is the first time combining reports of domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking. She said: 'As part of our mission to tackle the national emergency of Violence Against Women and Girls, we have made sure that for the first time the figures are being recorded in a combined way, showing that one in eight women were victims of domestic abuse, stalking or sexual assault last year. 'That is why we have already started to put domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms, invested in major new perpetrator programmes, and why we are publishing a transformative cross-government VAWG strategy in September, because everybody has a right to feel safe on our streets.' The figures have been published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) using data collected as part of the Crime Survey for England and Wales. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Officer in Manchester Airport brawl 'was an uncontrolled bully with a badge' MORE: Multiple bodies found in Cornwall woodland during police hunt for missing man MORE: Man in his 60s 'raped in the street outside a church'
ITV News
6 days ago
- ITV News
One in eight women victims of domestic abuse, stalking or sexual assault, new figures show
One in eight women were victims of domestic crime, sexual abuse or stalking in the last year, new data has revealed. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), around 3.2 million women aged over 16 were victims of at least one of these crimes between March 2024 and 2025. It is the first time the ONS has grouped domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking figures together, using data collected as part of the Crime Survey for England and Wales. The ONS hope this will mean it can more accurately estimate of the prevalence of domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking against women and girls. The government will also use the figures to track its efforts on tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG). The figures, released Thursday, show estimated 5.1 million people aged 16 and over in England and Wales are likely to have experienced one of these crime types. Of those, 3.2 million are women and nearly 2.0 million are men. This equates to about one in 12 men being victims of at least one of the crime types over the same period. Reacting to the figures, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: "We have already started to put domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms, invested in major new perpetrator programmes, and why we are publishing a transformative cross-government VAWG strategy in September, because everybody has a right to feel safe on our streets.' Women's Aid welcomed the ONS grouping the data together, saying it was a step towards a better overview of these crimes. Sarah Davidge, head of research and evaluation at Women's Aid, said the move "reflects the Government's commitment to ending VAWG", but added the data does not show the number of times each person was added: "We know that women encounter higher rates of repeat victimisation, are more likely to be subject to coercive and controlling behaviour and be seriously harmed or killed than male victims."Therefore, prevalence measures can underestimate the gender asymmetry of these crimes." Elsewhere, ONS data published on Thursday shows people aged 16 and over experienced 9.4 million incidents of crime in the year to March 2025, up from 8.8 million in the previous 12 months. The rise is mainly due to a 31% rise in fraud, which accounts for 4.2 million incidents and is the highest estimate since fraud was first measured in the survey in 2016/17. The figures also show that offences of shoplifting and theft from the person remain at record highs, while homicides are at their lowest level for more than a decade.
Western Telegraph
6 days ago
- Western Telegraph
About one in 10 people victims of domestic abuse, stalking or sexual assault
The figure is closer to one in eight for women, while for men it is slightly lower at about one in 12. It is the first time an estimate has been made of the combined prevalence of domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking. The figures have been published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) using data collected as part of the Crime Survey for England and Wales. 3.2 million Number of women aged 16 and over who have experienced domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking crime types in the year to March 2025 ONS The survey measures experiences of crime, with domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking referred to as 'crime types' because in some cases a criminal offence may not have occurred. Some 10.6% of all people aged 16 and over are likely to have experienced one or more of these crime types in the year to March 2025, with 12.8% for women and 8.4% for men. The figures equate to an estimated 5.1 million people aged 16 and over in England and Wales, of which 3.2 million are women and nearly 2.0 million are men, the ONS said. A slightly higher estimate of 5.4 million people or 11.3% has been made for the previous 12 months – the year to March 2024 – which equates to 3.4 million women (14.0%) and 2.0 million men (8.6%). The ONS said that because these estimates are still in development and are subject to change, caution should be taken when making comparisons between the two years and is it not possible to say whether the difference is statistically significant. The new estimate of the prevalence of domestic abuse, sexual assault and stalking will be used as the main way for the Government to track its efforts on tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG). Ministers have promised to halve levels in a decade, and are expected to set out more details on how the data will be used in its VAWG strategy that will be published later this year. Elsewhere, data published on Thursday shows the number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has climbed to another record high. Some 530,643 offences were logged in 2024-25, up 20% from 444,022 in 2023-24 and the highest total since current police recording practices began in 2002-03. Retail bosses have warned that official statistics are likely to be the tip of the iceberg, and that shop owners need to see immediate results as ministers have pledged thousands more officers for neighbourhood policing. Theft from the person offences also remain at record levels, with 151,220 recorded by forces in the year to March, up 15% from 131,584 in the previous 12 months. However, the number of knife crime offences recorded by forces slightly dropped. The figure stood at 53,047 in 2024-25, down 1% from 53,685 in 2023,24 and 4% below the pre-pandemic level of 55,170 in 2019,20. Commenting on published figures on Thursday, Billy Gazard of the ONS, said: 'Police recorded crime paints a mixed picture. While homicide, and offences involving knives and guns, declined nationally, there were variations across police forces. 'Meanwhile, the number of recorded shoplifting offences continues to rise.' In total, police forces recorded 6.6 million crimes in England and Wales in 2024-25, down slightly by 1% from 6.7 million in 2023-24. This is up from 6.1 million in the pre-pandemic year of 2019-20, and from 4.2 million a decade earlier in 2014-15. This is likely to reflect 'changes in police activity and recording practices' as well as genuine changes in trends in crimes reported to and recorded by forces, meaning the figures do 'not tend to be a good indicator of general trends in crime', the ONS said. Separate figures from the ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales published on Thursday suggest people aged 16 and over experienced 9.4 million incidents of crime in the year to March 2025, up from 8.8 million in the previous 12 months. The rise is mainly due to a 31% rise in fraud, which accounts for 4.2 million incidents. The overall total of 9.4 million incidents in 2024-25 is 16% lower than the total of 11.2 million for 2016-17, however. Mr Gazard added: 'The increase we've seen in crime estimated by our survey has been mainly driven by fraud, specifically bank and credit account fraud, and retail and consumer fraud. 'Both have risen sharply over the past 12 months and, overall, the number of fraud incidents is at the highest since it was first reported on the survey in 2017.' The survey covers a range of personal and household victim-based crime, including theft, robbery, criminal damage, fraud, computer misuse and violence with or without injury, but does not include sexual offences, stalking, harassment and domestic abuse, which are presented separately. Experiences of theft, criminal damage and violence with or without injury, as measured by the ONS survey, have been on a broad downwards trend since the mid-1990s. The Home Office has been contacted for comment.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Phone thieves' e-bikes to be crushed hours after they are caught
Police will receive powers to destroy e-bikes and e-scooters hours after they are seized in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour and snatch thefts. Officers will no longer have to give a warning to an offender before seizing and destroying a bike, scooter or car that has been driven in an anti-social way or used to perpetrate the theft of a mobile phone or bag. Instead of waiting 14 days before being able to dispose of them, police will have powers to destroy them within 48 hours. Ministers said the current 14-day deadline made it easier for offenders to reclaim their bikes, scooters or vehicles, which provided a limited deterrent to repeat offending. While e-bikes and scooters have become an increasing source of irritation for pedestrians, they are, along with mopeds and scooters, being increasingly used in snatch thefts. The number of snatch thefts, where devices or personal items are grabbed from a person by a thief, rose from 58,000 in 2023 to 99,000 last year – the highest level since 2003, according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales. Dame Diana Johnson, the policing minister, said: 'Anti-social and reckless driving brings misery to communities across the country, from dangerous street racing to off-road bikes tearing through local parks. 'By enabling police to seize and dispose of these vehicles within just 48 hours, we're giving our officers the tools they need to deliver immediate results and providing communities the swift justice they deserve. 'As part of our Plan for Change, these new powers send a clear message that anti-social behaviour, whatever form it takes, will not be tolerated in our local communities.' Labour is also looking to increase the fines for the cost of seizing, towing and crushing vehicles. A previous consultation recommended that it should be increased by the rate of inflation since the fees were last raised in 2008. This would cover the cost of recovering vehicles. The problem of nuisance driving has become so bad that some forces have launched dedicated operations to combat it. Operation Vulcan in Oldham has been targeting e-bikes, four of which were seized after their drivers were arrested for drug supply. Jo Shiner, the National Police Chiefs' Council's lead for roads policing, said: 'Anti-social use of a vehicle, such as street racing, street cruising or off-road use is more than a matter of noise pollution. 'It can have long-term effects on a neighbourhood, with the criminal damage of roads, other vehicles and surrounding property.' Edmund King, the AA president, said: 'Illegal car meets and street racing are not just anti-social, but also present road safety problems which have resulted in needless injuries and fatalities. 'This is a positive step that should make people think again before joining illegal car cruises.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Metro
22-05-2025
- Metro
Woman's search for 'hero' who chased down phone snatcher outside London Waterloo
A mum is desperately searching for the 'hero' who chased down and fought a phone snatcher to get her stolen mobile back. Andrea Klinkenberg, 38, was walking outside of Waterloo Station on Thursday night when a man riding an e-bike rammed into her side. The thief made her trip up, before snatching her phone out of her hands and speeding away. Andrea told Metro: 'I tried running after him, and kept shouting 'somebody stop him' to anyone nearby. 'I gave up chasing him after he rode through a busy road, and I thought my phone was gone. 'When I was on the train home, I was sat there crying and no one asked me if I was okay. In that moment it felt like there was no good people left.' Email or webnews@ But once Andrea managed to return to her home in Woking, her husband, who was sat waiting by the door, revealed her phone has been found. Police told the couple a member of the public, named Fadil, had fought off the snatcher to get her phone back. But at that point, Andrea had given up chase and went to catch her train home. She said: 'When I found out someone fought for me phone, I suddenly felt so much hope. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 'I don't know how he managed to get it back, but it's lovely to know he wanted to help a complete stranger.' Police only provided Andrea with Fadil's first name and his phone number with one digit missing. But she has not given up hope on finding him, and is desperate to tell him how grateful she is. She said: 'I just want to say thank you. When I was sat on the train home, I felt completely hopeless and my privacy had been fully invaded. 'There is still hope in the world, and I want to tell Fadil how thankful I am.' The Metropolitan Police have been contacted for comment. Some 78,000 people had phones or bags stolen from them on British streets in the year to March 2024. That is a rise of more than 150% on the 31,000 'snatch thefts' in the 12 months before, according to data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. Figures also show that four in five police investigations were closed before a suspect was even found and just 0.8% of 'theft from the person' complaints resulted in a charge. The government has pledged to crackdown on the scourge, with the Home Office saying it will work more closely with tech firms and police chiefs. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Everything we know so far about Washington DC shooting suspect Elias Rodriguez MORE: Pubs warn new Guinness brewery 'could spike the price of beer' and is 'arty farty' MORE: Woman's offensive C-bomb bumper sticker almost landed her in jail
