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