First teenage suicide linked to domestic abuse recorded in police data

Police recorded 552 suspected suicides as a result of domestic abuse in five years (Picture posed by model/Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Archive)

Domestic abuse is increasingly being recorded in the 16 to 19-year-old age group, with this last year marking the first case of suspected suicide following a teenage relationship where both the victim and suspect were under the age of 18.

The tragedy was among 150 suspected cases where abuse victims ended their lives in the year to March 2025.