3,100 individuals made use of the different services available to those experiencing domestic violence during 2022, the National Statistics Office said today.
The data shows that when compared to 2021, persons making use of such services decreased by 5.9% in 2022.
Females accounted for 77.2% of persons making use of domestic violence services.
The NSO noted that as in previous years, during 2022 the main services used by persons experiencing domestic violence were the Domestic Violence Unit (DVU) within Agenzija Appogg (2,093 registered cases) and the Police Department (2,046 individual reports). Shelters (including Dar Merhba Bik, Dar Santa Bakhita, Dar Emmaus, Ghabex and Il-Milja) dealt with 173 cases while the NGO Victim Support Malta saw 70 cases during the year under review.
The emergency health services at Mater Dei Hospital and at Gozo General Hospital recorded 69 cases.
More than half of the total cases registered across all services involved persons aged between 30 and 49 years old (52.5%).
The majority, 84.4%, were cases involving Maltese nationals, while 13.8% were cases involving non-Maltese nationals, the NSO said.
268 persons made use of services available for perpetrators. Of these, 245 were males and 23 were females (91.4% and 8.6% respectively).
During 2022, the Department of Probation and Parole dealt with 141 cases related to domestic violence, while the Stop! programme saw 100 cases – the majority of cases dealt with by these two services involved persons aged between 30 and 49 years old (64.7% and 68.0% respectively).
All the cases seen through the ‘Child To Parent Violence’ service offered by Agenzija Appogg (31 cases) were under 30 years of age.
More than half of the total cases registered across all services involved persons aged between 30 and 49 years old (52.5%).
The NSO said that the majority, 84.4%, were cases involving Maltese nationals, while 13.8% were cases involving non-Maltese nationals.
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