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Services targeting persons experiencing domestic violence
When compared to 2020, the number of persons using services for support on domestic violence increased by 6.2 per cent, from 2,919 to 3,100. During 2022, 70.1 per cent of the persons making use of such services made use of one service, 21.1 per cent of persons made use of two services, and 8.7 per cent of persons made use of three or more services (Table 1, Chart 1).
Reference period: 2020-2022
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Notes:
1. Figures refer to the total number of individual persons making use of services during the reference period (refer to Table 1; methodological note 3 and 5).
2. Services included: Dar Merħba Bik, Dar Santa Bakhita (2021, 2022), Dar Emmaus (2022), Il-Milja, Domestic Violence Unit (Aġenzija Appoġġ), Victim Support Malta (2021, 2022), Police Department, Għabex, and the Emergency Health services.
Table 2 presents data on cases registered across the different service providers, cases counted within and across services may involve the same person more than once. In 2022, as in previous years, the main services used by persons experiencing domestic violence were the Domestic Violence Unit (DVU) within Aġenzija Appoġġ (2,093 registered cases) and the Police Department (2,046 individual reports). Shelters (including Dar Merħba Bik, Dar Santa Bakhita, Dar Emmaus, Għabex 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 during 2022 (Table 2).
Reference period: 2022
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1Shelters include Dar Merħba Bik, Dar Santa Bakhita, Dar Emmaus, Għabex, and Il-Milja. Refer to methodological note 1.
Note: Individual cases are recorded by the service provider each time a person accesses the service during that reference year. Therefore figures include persons making use of services more than once.
Table 3 breaks down cases registered with domestic violence service providers by age group of the registered service user. In 2022, more than half of the total cases registered across all services involved persons aged between 30 and 49 years old (52.5 per cent) (Chart 2). The majority, 84.4 per cent, were cases involving Maltese nationals, while 13.8 per cent were cases involving non-Maltese nationals (Table 4).
Reference period: 2022
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1Shelters include Dar Merħba Bik, Dar Santa Bakhita, Dar Emmaus, Għabex, and Il-Milja. Refer to methodological note 1.
Note: Individual cases are recorded by the service provider each time a person accesses the service during that reference year. Therefore figures include persons making use of services more than once.
Services targeting perpetrators of domestic violence
When looking at the unique number of persons using services targeting perpetrators, 268 individuals used one or more service during 2022 – 245 were males and 23 were females (91.4 per cent and 8.6 per cent respectively) (Chart 4). 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 per cent and 68.0 per cent respectively). All the cases seen through the ‘Child To Parent Violence’ service offered by Aġenzija Appoġġ (31 cases) were under 30 years of age (Table 6).
Reference period: 2022
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Note: Domestic violence services targeting perpetrators consist of the ‘Stop!’ programme and the ‘Child To Parent Violence’ service at Aġenzija Appoġġ and the Department of Probation and Parole. Refer to methodological note 1.
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1 | Valletta | 18 | Floriana | 35 | Marsaskala | 52 | San Ġiljan |
2 | L-Imdina | 19 | Il-Fontana | 36 | Marsaxlokk | 53 | San Ġwann |
3 | Il-Birgu | 20 | Il-Gudja | 37 | Il-Mellieħa | 54 | San Lawrenz |
4 | L-Isla | 21 | Il-Gżira | 38 | L-Imġarr | 55 | San Pawl Il-Baħar |
5 | Bormla | 22 | Għajnsielem and Comino | 39 | Il-Mosta | 56 | Ta' Sannat |
6 | Ħal Qormi | 23 | L-Għarb | 40 | L-Imqabba | 57 | Santa Luċija |
7 | Ħaż-Żebbuġ | 24 | Ħal Għargħur | 41 | L-Imsida | 58 | Santa Venera |
8 | Ħaż-Żabbar | 25 | L-Għasri | 42 | Il-Munxar | 59 | Tas-Sliema |
9 | Is-Siġġiewi | 26 | Ħal Għaxaq | 43 | In-Nadur | 60 | Is-Swieqi |
10 | Iż-Żejtun | 27 | Il-Ħamrun | 44 | In-Naxxar | 61 | Ta' Xbiex |
11 | Ir-Rabat, Għawdex | 28 | L-Iklin | 45 | Raħal Ġdid | 62 | Ħal Tarxien |
12 | Ħ'Attard | 29 | Il-Kalkara | 46 | Pembroke | 63 | Ix-Xagħra |
13 | Ħal Balzan | 30 | Ta' Kerċem | 47 | Tal-Pieta' | 64 | Ix-Xewkija |
14 | Birkirkara | 31 | Ħal Kirkop | 48 | Il-Qala | 65 | Ix-Xgħajra |
15 | Birżebbuġa | 32 | Ħal Lija | 49 | Il-Qrendi | 66 | Iż-Żebbuġ, Għawdex |
16 | Ħad-Dingli | 33 | Ħal Luqa | 50 | Ir-Rabat, Malta | 67 | Iż-Żurrieq |
17 | Il-Fgura | 34 | Il-Marsa | 51 | Ħal Safi | 68 | L-Imtarfa |
Map 1. Number of individual cases registered with the Domestic Violence Unit at Aġenzija Appoġġ by district of residence of service user (rate per 1,000 resident population): 2022
Map 2. Number of individual cases registered with the Police Department by district of incident (rate per 1,000 resident population): 2022
Notes:
1. Individual cases are recorded by the service provider each time a person accesses the service during that reference year. Therefore figures include persons making use of services more than once.
2. Data recorded by the Domestic Violence Unit at Aġenzija Appoġġ includes the district of residence of the service user.
3. Data recorded by the Police Department includes the district of incident reported.
4. Rates are based on mid-year population estimates which may be subject to revision.