"Figure 6: Stranger, acquaintance and domestic violence have shown declines since the mid-1990s","" "England and Wales, year ending December 1981 to year ending March 2018 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Following a methodological change to the handling of repeat victimisation in the CSEW, these data are not comparable with data published in previous releases. For more information see [Improving victimisation estimates derived from the Crime Survey for England and Wales](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/improvingvictimisationestimatesderivedfromthecrimesurveyforenglandandwales/2019-01-24). 2. Prior to year ending March 2002, CSEW respondents were asked about their experience of crime in the previous calendar year, so year-labels identify the year in which the crime took place. Following the change to continuous interviewing, respondents' experience of crime relates to the full 12 months prior to interview (that is, a moving reference period), so year-labels from year ending March 2002 onwards identify the CSEW year of interview." "Unit","Number of incidents (thousands)" "","" "","Domestic","Stranger","Acquaintance" "Year ending December 1981","355","904","804" "1982","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "1983","334","913","694" "1984","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "1985","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "1986","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "1987","536","889","838" "1988","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "1989","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "1990","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "1991","720","868","1189" "1992","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "1993","1289","935","1544" "1994","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "1995","1249","1067","2122" "1996","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "1997","993","867","1870" "1998","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "1999","887","1022","1432" "2000","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "2001","#N/A","#N/A","#N/A" "Year ending March 2002","701","932","917" "2003","572","1000","991" "2004","467","934","941" "2005","431","866","893" "2006","405","933","879" "2007","434","950","896" "2008","409","745","816" "2009","309","852","721" "2010","335","770","732" "2011","458","895","756" "2012","343","778","832" "2013","488","664","777" "2014","341","612","598" "2015","360","671","660" "2016","302","559","604" "2017","302","580","548" "2018","249","542","629"