Today, the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) and College of Policing declared violence perpetrated by men a national emergency. Whilst we welcome this report, and the due attention it brings to the nature and scale of these crimes, we are sadly not shocked by reports that violence against women and girls (VAWG) is an epidemic in the UK. This report echoes findings from the Strategic Threat Risk Assessment (STRA) published by the NPCC in May 2023 which officially classed VAWG as a natio...
