A domestic abuse survivor has called for more to be done to support victims after figures revealed that just nine out of hundreds of coercive control allegations investigated by Cumbria Constabulary resulted in a charge or summons. Home Office data shows that the force recorded 203 allegations of coercive control between April and September 2020. Separate figures show that Cumbria officers assigned 125 outcomes to closed investigations in that time, nine of which led to someone being charged or summonsed to court, while 87 per cent of cases were dropped by the force due to difficulties gathering evidence. Paige Middlehurst, who was the victim of domestic violence by her former partner Declan Clough, said she was disappointed by the figures but urged all victims of abuse to continue to speak out and report it to the police.