16 Days Of Action Newsletter 2016 Edition | Page 3

Did You Know? µµ Around 1 in 4 women will experience some form of domestic abuse at some time in her life with similar figures approximated for rape, sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse µµ Scotland’s LGBT Domestic Abuse Project tells us that approximately 1 in 4 LGBT people will experience domestic abuse µµ 3,666 incidents of domestic abuse were recorded by the police in Forth Valley in 2015-16 µµ It is estimated that around 20% of all police operational time is spent dealing with domestic incidents µµ In 2014-15, 1,797 rapes and 104 attempted rapes were reported to the police in Scotland. Record sexual crime has more than doubled in the past decade and is now at its highest level since comparable records began in 1971 µµ In Scotland in 2015, 145 potential victims of trafficking were referred to the UK National Referral Mechanism. Females are more likely to be trafficked for sexual exploitation whilst males are more likely to be trafficked for labour exploitation. µµ Women who are experiencing violence are 15 times more likely to use alcohol and 9 times more likely to use drugs than women generally