"Figure 13: The North East of England had the highest recorded rates of domestic abuse-related crimes","" "Rate of domestic abuse-related crimes recorded by the police, by region, England and Wales, year ending March 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Police recorded crime data are not designated as National Statistics. 2. The population figures used are the mid-2018 population estimates provided by the Office for National Statistics. 3. Numbers will be affected by the size of the resident population relative to the transient or visiting populations and may therefore over-represent the number of crimes relative to the real population of potential victims. 4. Total rate for England and Wales includes offences recorded by British Transport Police." "Unit","Rate per 1,000 population" "","" "Region","Violence against the person domestic abuse-related offences","All domestic abuse-related offences" "England and Wales","10","13" "","","" "North East","14","19" "North West","12","15" "Yorkshire and the Humber","13","17" "East Midlands","9","11" "West Midlands","10","12" "East of England","9","11" "London","8","10" "South East","9","12" "South West","8","10" "Wales","10","13"