Domestic violence costs £23 billion

More than £23 billion is spent each year on dealing with domestic violence, according to a new report.

The Violent Britain report co-author and director of the centre for public health at Liverpool’s John Moores University Professor Mark Bellis said it was impossible to put an exact figure on the total cost of violent crime.

But he said domestic violence alone cost organisations about £23 billion a year.

“Violence is not just a criminal justice issue,” he explained. “Individuals are often locked into cycles of violence where young victims become perpetrators of violence later in life.