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Key UK Facts
Male Victims of Domestic Abuse: Key UK Facts (Latest Available ONS Data)
- 1.5 million men aged 16+ experienced domestic abuse in England and Wales during the year ending March 2025.
- This equates to 6.5% of all men aged 16 and over.
- Men accounted for approximately 41% of all domestic abuse victims.
- An estimated 5.2 million men (21.8%) have experienced domestic abuse at some point in their lifetime.
- Around 1.2 million men (4.9%) experienced abuse from a current or former partner during 2024/25.
- Approximately 4.3 million men (18.2%) have experienced partner abuse at some point in their lives.
- Around 578,000 men (2.4%) experienced abuse from a family member during 2024/25.
- Approximately 1.8 million men (7.4%) have experienced family abuse during their lifetime.
- Around two-thirds of male domestic abuse victims are abused by a current or former partner, while one-third are abused by another family member.
- Among police-recorded domestic abuse crimes where the victim's sex was identified, approximately 33% of victims were male.
- Only 4.4% of domestic abuse victims receiving support from local domestic abuse services were men.
Global prevelance at a glance
United States:
In the US, findings indicate that 47.3% of men had experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) at some point in their lives, accounting for almost half (46.9%) of all IPV victims.
In the U.S., nearly 1 in 3 women (30.2%, or 38.6 million) and more than 1 in 5 men (22.3%, or nearly 27.3 million) experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner.
Canada:
Canadian data indicate that 2.9% of men and 1.7% of women experienced IPV in their current intimate relationships.
New Zealand:
Evidence from New Zealand indicates that lifetime IPV prevalence rates are nearly identical for men (29.9%) and women (30.9%).
Australia:
Data from Australia indicate that men account for around one-third of all IPV victims.
France:
French statistics suggest that just under a third of reported IPV cases involve male victims.
Portugal
In Portugal, men account for approximately 25% to 28% of reported cases.
Africa:
Evidence from Africa highlights a significant proportion of male victims, with men representing around 44% of victims in Uganda and 31% in Sierra Leone.
Asia:
In Korea, men account for approximately one-third of alll IPV victims.