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● 4,948 people were served at the two DVIC locations in 2005. The DC Superior Court DVIC location served 3,487 clients, and the DVIC satellite office in Southeast Washington (DVIC-SE) served 1,461.
Source: Domestic Violence Intake Center, 2004-2006
● In 2005, of the 2,556 DVIC/DVIC-SE clients who indicated residencya:
- 43% resided in Ward 8
- 19% resided in Ward 7
- 13% resided in Ward 5
- 10% resided in Ward 4
- 9% resided in Ward 2
- 6% Other (Wards 1, 3, 6; Outside DC)
Source: Domestic Violence Intake Center, 2004-2006
● In 2005, domestic violence case filings totaled 8,386, an increase of 3.7% over 2004, including 4,426 misdemeanors and 3,960 Intrafamily casesb.
Sources: DC Superior Court Annual Reports 2004-2006;
District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General, 2006
● In 2005, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) received 27,401 domestic-related crime calls—one every 19 minutes, including 11,053 calls to report domestic violence crimes (30 calls per day) and 16,348 calls to report family dispute crimes (45 calls per day).
Sources: Metropolitan Police Department, 2004-2006
● The number of domestic violence calls to MPD has increased 22% in the past three years, from 9,045 calls in 2002 to 11,053 calls in 2005.
Sources: Metropolitan Police Department, 2004-2006
● Domestic-related calls accounted for 65% of all interpersonal crime calls to MPD in 2005.
Sources: Metropolitan Police Department, 2004-2006
● In cases where victim-offender relationship could be established from 2001 to 2004, MPD reported that there were 51 murders attributed to domestic/family violence, including 41 adult/youth victims of domestic violence, and 10 child/infant victims of child abuse.
Sources: Metropolitan Police Department-- UCR Report, 2005;
A Report on Homicide in the District of Columbia 2001-2004;
A Report on Juvenile Homicide 2002-2004
a As of October 2005, residency information was no longer gathered by Ward, but by ZIP code.
b Because 2005 court-reported figures did not include Intrafamily Contempt filings as in previous years, and the breakdown of figures for 2004 was unavailable, the contempt filing figures have been added to the 2005 domestic violence filing number to make possible accurate comparison from year to year.
This information provided courtesy of the
DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Click here for more detailed statistics.
