Whole Picture Public Health Approach Datasets 2021-24 Professional Survey

This data is from a survey completed by professionals who were involved in the SafeLives Public Health Approach between 01/07/2021 and 22/09/2024.

The Whole Picture Public Health Approach:

At SafeLives, our mission is to end domestic abuse, for everyone and for good. We take a holistic, public health approach to ending domestic abuse.

To end domestic abuse, we need to look at the whole picture.

Using a systems-thinking methodology and through the lens of the whole family, we work with local authorities and multi-agency partners in local areas to identify opportunities to improve the risk led approach, early intervention, and prevention of domestic abuse.

About this dataset:

This data is from a survey completed by professionals who were involved in the SafeLives Public Health Approach between 01/07/2021 and 22/09/2024. There were 2,086 responses from 21 areas, across 16+ agencies. However, the surveys are ongoing, and this dataset will be updated in the future.

The survey also contains open-ended questions which will be analysed and written up into briefings on specific themes. These briefings will be published on this page.

We hope that everyone working to stop domestic abuse will be able to use this data to improve their services so that victims and families get the right help sooner.

The top three areas of need for victims and their families identified by professionals were:

96%
mental health
84%
children's wellbeing
82%
housing needs

The top three areas of need for those that harm identified by professionals were:

88%
mental health
82%
drugs or alcohol
69%
children's wellbeing

[There is a] lack of understanding of the impact of domestic abuse from some agencies and professionals

Professional

View local survey data in an interactive Data Dashboard

You can view the latest Whole Picture Public Health Local Survey data from professionals and survivors within our interactive Data Dashboard. Here you can view aggregated data for key statistics and filter the datasets by demographic questions.

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What is the SafeLives Data Dashboard?

The SafeLives Data Dashboard is an open-access, interactive tool designed to make domestic abuse data more accessible, transparent, and actionable. It brings together SafeLives’ core datasets to support a deeper understanding of our data on domestic abuse.

The dashboard aims to support commissioners, researchers, government departments, services, and partner organisations to explore trends, compare areas, and inform evidence-based policy, funding decisions, and service provision.

The dashboard is hosted on a separate dashboard website which contains further information about what it contains and how to use it.

What datasets are included?

MARAC: data from local Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences
Insights: Case-level data from Frontline Domestic Abuse Services
Local Surveys: Survey Data from Professionals and Survivors in local areas

How to use the SafeLives Data Dashboard

Watch our user guide to learn how to navigate the SafeLives Data Dashboard, explore domestic abuse data, identify trends and compare areas. The video provides a step-by-step introduction to the dashboard and explains how to use its features to find and interpret the data you need.

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