Figures from the Police Service of Northern Ireland show that a total of 3,604 calls for help in relation to domestic abuse incidents were made over the Christmas period.
On Christmas Day, they received 110 calls from domestic abuse victims and concerned loved ones - an increase of 10% from 2021.
Police say that on New Year's Eve, they received 106 calls, an increase of 5% on the year before. The Police Service began their yearly domestic abuse awareness raising at the end of November and these figures cover the period between November 24 2022 and January 2, 2023.
