First teenage suicide linked to domestic abuse recorded in England and Wales

Across the five-year dataset, victims were predominantly female (73%), and suspects predominantly male (79%). Photograph: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

The first teenage girl has been identified as having been driven to kill herself after domestic violence, as police chiefs blamed violent pornography and “toxic” influencers for being behind a rise in teen abuse.

Suicides after domestic abuse have outstripped homicides for the third year running, according to the Domestic Homicide Project, which records deaths in England and Wales after domestic abuse.