Fourth Domestic Homicide Report – Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme 

The National Policing Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme (VKPP), published its fourth annual report in March 2025. The report uses data deriving from the Domestic Homicide Project. These data sets came from across England and Wales. All deaths categorised as domestic abuse have been collated and examined in this manner.

The resulting informational matrix, has allowed the creation of an excellent picture of risk indicators and victim/perpetrator demography. Due to the VKPP’s unique access to data, death information from this report is more detailed than that available from any non-government aligned source.

The report is well worth a look, and is filled with information which can aid us to respond to domestic abuse, understand domestic homicide and help us better understand victim responses.

https://www.vkpp.org.uk/vkpp-work/domestic-homicide-project/