Suicide becomes the biggest cause of deaths related to domestic violence for first time

The number of domestic abuse victims taking their own lives has become even higher than the number being killed by their partners, a new report has revealed, as police were urged to do more to stop violent and coercive men.

The report, for the National Police Chiefs’ Council, shows that 93 out of 242 domestic abuse related deaths nationwide between April 2022 were suicides. That was more than the 80 “intimate partner homicides” recorded during the same period, making suicide the most common cause of death among domestic abuse victims for the first time.