Description of financial proxy

This valuation details the cost of violence against women.

Context

This financial proxy was used in an NPC report into the different areas of violence against women and what services are available in the sector.

Valuation Technique

Potential cost saving or value of resources reallocated

Value

The total cost of violence against women in England and Wales is ?40.1bn per year.

The total cost of violence against BME women in England and Wales is ?1.5bn per year [2003/2004 prices]

The total cost of sexual violence against women in England and Wales is ?23.8bn per year. Estimates put the cost of each rape at over ?120,000 [2003/2004 prices]

Source

The first is an NPC calculation amalgamating Home Office data. The rest are from the Home Office.

Relevant Information

S. Walby (2004), The Cost of Domestic Violence. Home Office (2005) The economic and social cost of crime against individuals and households 2003/2004.

Report Source

NPC, Hard knock life: Violence against women here

Country

United Kingdom

Date

2008

Data Source

http://www.thinknpc.org/publications/hard-knock-life/