The Metropolis

Domestic violence peaks at Christmas

Mike Pollitt | Wednesday 14 December, 2011 11:01

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The Met police get plenty of stick on these pages but videos like this one, re-released in an effort to pre-empt the expected rise in incidents reported over Christmas, deserve our support.

Context: the latest figures show there were 119,794 reported incidents of domestic violence in London in 2010. As Adam reported back in March, that’s an 18% rise on 2009.

Adam Bienkov at Snipe – Domestic Violence incidents up 18% in London

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