"Figure 13: The North East of England had the highest recorded rates of domestic abuse-related offences","" "Rate of domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police, by police force area, English regions and Wales, year ending March 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. Data for Greater Manchester Police are not included because of issues with their data supply following the implementation of new IT systems. 3. The population figures used are the mid-2019 population estimates provided by the Office for National Statistics. 4. Numbers will be affected by the size of the resident population relative to the transient or visiting populations and may therefore over-represent the number of crimes relative to the real population of potential victims. 5. Total rate for England and Wales includes offences recorded by British Transport Police." "Unit","Rate per 1,000 population" "","" "Region","Violence against the person domestic abuse-related offences","All domestic abuse-related offences" "ENGLAND AND WALES","10.5","13.4" "","","" "North East","14.0","18.9" "North West","12.5","15.7" "Yorkshire and the Humber","13.9","17.9" "East Midlands","10.8","13.8" "West Midlands","10.8","13.6" "East of England","10.3","13.2" "London","8.0","10.0" "South East","9.9","12.5" "South West","8.6","11.0" "Wales","10.7","13.5"