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<p>Statistics on domestic violence are published combining domestic violence and abuse
through the Office for National Statistics who are responsible for the publication
of crime statistics, including those of domestic violence and abuse. Detailed information
on domestic violence and abuse from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW)
is published annually in their Focus on: Violence and Sexual Offences series. The
most recent publication, for the year ending March 2015, is available here: http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/compendium/focusonviolentcrimeandsexualoffences/yearendingmarch2015</p><p>Additionally,
since April 2015 the police have notified the Home Office where recorded offences
are domestic abuse related. Figures from the police for April to September 2015 were
also published in the statistical bulletin linked above (see Table 6.01). The publication
also includes information on the number of domestic abuse incidents the police deal
with, in Appendix Table 4.08. Some incidents are not subsequently recorded as crimes
as no crime as defined in law has taken place, so numbers will be higher than the
number of domestic abuse crimes.</p><p>The increases seen in domestic abuse incidents
recorded by the police over this time period is thought to reflect improvements in
the identification and recording of these incidents by the police alongside increased
willingness of victims to report such incidents to the police. The CSEW has not shown
an increase in domestic abuse over this period.</p><p>The Home Office has not received
specific information on dowry related abuse.</p>
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