The police were called to 65,000 domestic incidents in 2007, the council of chief police officers said on Monday. This is an increase of 3% on the previous year.

Of the recorded incidents, 27% were of a violent nature, the police chiefs said.
In 2007, 3,600 children between 0 to 13 were the victims of domestic violence.
Around 6.7% of victims were over 66 years old and the police officers expect domestic violence against the elderly to increase.