Analysis into the pandemic’s impact on domestic abuse shows a 7% rise in police recorded offences flagged as domestic abuse-related from March to June 2020 compared with the same period in 2019.
This continues long-term gradual increases in recent years ow.ly/BkuD50Cuil4
There was a 65% increase in calls and contacts logged by the National Domestic Abuse Helpline run by @RefugeCharity between April and June 2020 compared with the first three months of the year ow.ly/6rgf50CuisP
There was a 12% increase in the number of domestic abuse cases handled by @VictimSupport in the week lockdown restrictions were eased compared with the previous week ow.ly/fTD350CuiwT
For the 12-month period to year ending March 2020, the Crime Survey for England and Wales estimated that 2.3 million adults aged 16 to 74 years experienced domestic abuse in the last year:
The number of suspects of domestic abuse-related crime referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision fell 19% in the year ending March 2020 – down from 98,470 to 79,965 ow.ly/CDYU50CuiXb
Commenting on today’s domestic abuse figures, Helen Ross said: (1/5)
Our latest estimates for England suggest the #COVID19 infection rate may be levelling off.
Around 1 in 85 people not in care homes, hospitals or other institutional settings would test positive from 15 to 21 November ow.ly/I6nv50CvtVD
Infection rates have risen in the East Midlands.
Rates in Yorkshire and The Humber, the North West and the North East remain the highest, but seem to be falling in the North West, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West ow.ly/m5yd50Cvu2W
The highest infection rates in England remain among secondary school-age children and young adults.
Rates have decreased in adults aged 35 and above and levelled off for those
• age 2 to school year 6
• school year 12 to age 24
• age 25 to 34
Our data show #COVID19 infections continued to increase during October.
We’ve provided more analysis on the characteristics of those testing positive across the UK, including antibody data ow.ly/FC9O50Ct8Om
In England, around 1 in 15 people tested positive for #COVID19 antibodies in October, suggesting they previously had the virus.
We estimate 3.1 million people aged 16 or over in England would have tested positive for #COVID19 antibodies that month ow.ly/5xfb50Ct8PT
The highest rates of people testing positive for #COVID19 antibodies were seen in London, followed by Yorkshire and The Humber and the West Midlands in October ow.ly/OyTP50Ct8SQ
Headline estimates for England suggest the continued rising infections have slowed.
Around 1 in 85 people (not in care homes, hospitals or other institutional settings) in England would test positive for #COVID19 at any given time between 31 Oct and 6 Nov ow.ly/TheN50CjCCB
During the most recent week (31 Oct to 6 Nov), we estimate there were around 47,700 new #COVID19 infections per day in England ow.ly/ufFx50CjCGi
Infection rates have varied by age group:
▪️ increased infection rates for people aged 35 and over
▪️ decreasing infection rates for older teenagers and young adults
▪️ infection rates levelled off for younger children, teenagers and 25 to 34 year-olds
This week, our Opinions and Lifestyle Survey looked more closely at the effects of the #coronavirus pandemic on different age groups.
These responses were collected from 5 to 8 November, when England started its national lockdown ow.ly/iGCj50Cjv3E
23% of adults aged 16 to 29 said they’d had physical contact with at least one other person when socialising indoors in the last 24 hours, excluding members of their household or support bubble.
When meeting people outside their support bubble or household indoors or outdoors, a smaller proportion of younger people maintained social distancing always or often: