Only 3% of suicides linked to domestic abuse result in prosecution, data shows

Only 3% of suicides related to domestic abuse in England and Wales in the past five years have resulted in any sort of prosecution, figures show. Between 2020 and 2025, 553 people took their own lives after suspected abuse in an intimate relationship, but only 17 posthumous charges were brought. The figures, released by the National Police Chiefs’ Council, revealed that in 2025, someone in an abusive relationship was more likely to take their own life than be killed by their abuser. …