Only 3% of suicides linked to domestic abuse result in prosecution, data shows | Domestic abuse suicide
Only 3% of suicides related to domestic abuse in England and Wales in the past five years have resulted in any sort of prosecution, figures show. Between 2020 and 2025, 553 people took their own lives after suspected abuse in an intimate relationship, but only 17 posthumous charges were brought. The figures, released by the…
