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Sexual violence services Insights dataset

Latest and past data about sexual violence services

This Insights report examines data from sexual violence services. It is part of a series of publications from our Insights dataset. This data forms part of a series of publications from our Insights dataset.

This data report forms part of a series of publications from SafeLives’ Insights dataset. It contains 500 unique individual cases at intake and 248 matched cases at exit, drawn from 5 sexual violence services which used the SafeLives Insights outcome measurement service between April 2022 and March 2023.

  • 26%

    clients were under the age of 18

  • 48%

    of adult clients with mental health needs were supported in this area

  • 90%

    of clients, at exit, had not experienced any further abuse since intake or their last review

Key findings

  • One in  four (26%) of clients were under the age of 18, consistent with last year
  • 18% of clients required a sexual health clinic referral at intake
  • 15% of clients required a sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening at intake
  • 12% of clients required emergency medical intervention at intake
  • 6% of clients required a pregnancy test (in relation to offense) at intake
  • The results for 52% of clients supported with criminal justice were police reports with no further action (NFA). Of clients who received NFA,  57% of cases were due to Police withdrawing the case
  • At exit 90% of clients had not experienced any further abuse since intake or their last review
  • 48% of adult clients with mental health needs were supported in this area. Of these clients, 53% were referred to counseling services, 33% accessed counseling, and 26% accessed mental health services. Following receiving support, 38% of these clients felt their safety had improved and 60% felt their well-being had improved.

Read the briefing for the full data.

About the Insights database

We run the largest database of domestic abuse cases in the UK. Since 2009, we have gathered data from services working with victims, survivors, and their children into our Insights system. This gives us an unparalleled overview of survivors’ experiences and the support they receive.

Insights was redeveloped in 2017 and replaced with an online portal. For reference, the final published dataset using the old indicators is included on the downloads of 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.

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