"Figure 1: The number of police recorded domestic abuse-related crimes and incidents increased in the year ending March 2021","" "Number of domestic abuse-related crimes and incidents recorded by the police in England and Wales, year ending March 2016 to year ending March 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. Domestic abuse related crimes are defined as any incidence of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional) between adults, aged 16 years and over, who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality. 3. The number of incidents refers to how many domestic abuse-related incidents did not get recorded as a crime." "Unit","Numbers" "","" "","Total number of domestic abuse-related crimes","Total number of recorded domestic abuse-related incidents" "Mar 16","421185","690264" "Mar 17","488049","661825" "Mar 18","599549","614667" "Mar 19","746219","588525" "Mar 20","798607","581649" "Mar 21","845734","613929"