ONS Blog – The value of ONS domestic abuse statistics

The value of ONS domestic abuse statistics

Earlier this year we announced we will be using newly-developed questions to measure domestic abuse in the Crime Survey for England and Wales. These statistics have now been reinstated as accredited official statistics by the Office for Statistics Regulation. Meghan Elkin explains the significance of this and, as the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence begins, the value of the newly published domestic abuse statistics.

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