Police in the UK have highlighted a surge in violence against women and girls. It states that criminal acts against women and girls are at record levels. More than one million crimes have been reported in a year. This is the tip of the iceberg. There is a huge number of unreported instances of violence. London's police wrote about the gravity of this. They said: "Violence against women and girls is endemic…and a threat to society on the same scale as terrorism." Crimes against women constituted 20% of all recorded crime. It said: "We must act to change the unacceptable reality for women."

Senior police official Maggie Blyth called the statistics "staggering". She said: "Violence against women and girls is a national emergency. We need to move forward as a society to make change, and no longer accept violence against women and girls as inevitable." One in every 12 women will be a victim of violence. One in every six murders is from domestic abuse. More than two million people will be perpetrators of violence against women and girls. The report said gender-based violent crimes included harassment, murder, online sexual abuse, rape, and stalking.