"The number of women who are driven to suicide by domestic abusers is being under-reported, and their cases overlooked by police, in what has been described by experts as a national scandal. Domestic violence suicides are already growing at such a rate that a woman in an abusive relationship is now more likely to take her own life than be killed by a partner."
"According to the Domestic Homicide Project, a programme led by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), there were 98 suspected suicides following domestic abuse in 2024, compared to 80 intimate partner homicides. But research by a suicide prevention programme in Kent found that 33% of all suspected suicides in the region between 2018 and 2024 were affected by domestic abuse."
An increasing number of women driven to suicide by domestic abusers are being under-reported and overlooked by police, constituting a national scandal. Official records may capture as few as 10% of domestic abuse-related suicides. The Domestic Homicide Project recorded 98 suspected suicides following domestic abuse in 2024, compared with 80 intimate partner homicides. A Kent suicide-prevention programme found 33% of suspected suicides in the region (2018–2024) were affected by domestic abuse; extrapolation suggests as many as 900 victims annually, up to ten times previous estimates. Tight exclusion criteria in data collection and a paucity of prosecutions impede accurate accounting and justice.
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