"Figure 4: The percentage of clients accessing IDVA services who experienced physical abuse prior to intake has increased in recent years","" "Types of abuse experienced by independent domestic violence advisor (IDVA) clients prior to intake, England and Wales, year ending March 2016 to the year ending March 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Insights IDVA data are not classified as official statistics. 2. In the years ending March 2016, 2017 and 2018 abuse present in the three months prior to intake was recorded. For the year ending March 2019 onwards, this time frame was changed, and abuse present in the 12 months prior to intake was recorded." "Unit","%" "","" "Year ending March","Physical abuse","Sexual abuse","Harassment and stalking","Jealous and controlling behaviours" "2016","68.8","24.0","72.4","82.9" "2017","68.6","25.9","68.7","82.4" "2018","66.2","25.9","72.2","84.8" "2019","76.3","26.9","66.1","79.0" "2020","73.7","25.6","63.0","79.2"