DOMESTIC abuse rose by 10 per cent in a year, although overall crime was down during the Covid-19 pandemic, official figures show.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 842,813 domestic abuse-related offences were recorded by police forces in England and Wales in the year ending September 2020 - up from 769,611he previous year.
Last March, life as we knew it completely changed as the UK was plunged into a national lockdown which rose concerns over domestic abuse victims.
Since then, the country has been plunged into more lockdowns and tier systems and support networks have had to adapt to adhere to social distancing guidelines.