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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rachel Hall

Suicide toll prompts call for more support for UK domestic abuse victims

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The report says the majority of victims were women aged 25 to 54. Photograph: Robert Matton AB/Alamy

Campaigners for women’s rights in the UK are calling for more mental health support for domestic abuse victims after police recorded 93 suspected abuse-related suicides in a year.

A report found 242 domestic abuse-related deaths were recorded between April 2022 and March 2023, of which 93 were suspected suicides, 80 were intimate partner homicides, 31 were adult family homicides, 23 were unexpected deaths, 11 were child deaths, and four others were deaths involving individuals living together who were not family members or intimate partners.

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