Humberside Police say incidents of domestic abuse increase this time of year
70 percent of adults in the Humber had experienced coercion by men who insulted them
Domestic abuse incidents 'always' increase during the Christmas and New Year period. To tackle these local police, councils and public health teams are coming together regularly to find new measures to prevent this happening.
During the Christmas and New Year period incidents of domestic abuse always show an increase. To tackle this local police, councils and public health teams are coming together to find new measures to prevent this happening.
It comes after recent study found 70 percent of adults in the Humber had experienced coercion by men who insulted them.
Humberside Police and Crime Commissioners, Jonathan Evison says it's something he's keen to combat:
"We commissioned a survey with Doctor Jessica Taylor to identify the Humber region situation, and it was very similar to the national, within 1% of all the figures. About 1,500 women took part, of which 202 were actually young people, young girls aged 16 to 17.
"98% of women and 96% of the girls said they'd been subjected to some form of violence or abuse, and that could be harassment, cat calling.
"One in five said that they're being subjected to a physical attack, such as hitting or punching.
"These are very, very concerning elements that we need to deal with, and we need young girls and women to actually report this to the police, so the police can put their resources in, but it's a very difficult agenda to actually police."
Local councillors have heard work was being done to help tackle abuse, for instance in the night-time economy with helping taxi drivers to spot the signs of abuse and fitting them with CCTV.