Martial Arts Training Stops You From Becoming A Victim Of Violent Crime

·        Domestic violence is chronically under reported, research estimates it: accounts for 16% of all violent crime 

·        Domestic violence will affect 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men in their lifetime

·        77% of victims of domestic violence are women

·        Domestic violence has more repeat victims than any other crime (on average there will have been 35 assaults before a victim calls the police)

·        On average, two women are killed every week by a current or former male partner

·        One incident of domestic violence is reported to the police every minute Source: (Crime in England and Wales 2006/07 report)

Let’s face it we are all at risk of being the victim of violent crime, just look at at these statictics.

·        Nationally, in 2006-07, police reported 5,619 hate crimes in which someone was injured

·        28,485 cases of racially or religiously motivated harassment.

·        There were also 3,565 cases of criminal damage related to hate crimes.

·        The typical hate offender is a young white male (most homophobic offenders are aged 16-20, and most race hate offenders under 30).

·        The majority of hate crimes happen near to the victim's home while they are going about their daily business, and an offence is most likely to be committed between 3pm and midnight.

• Most hate criminals live in the same neighbourhood as their victims. (Source Crime in England and Wales 2006-07)