There were 49,557 offences of coercive control recorded by the police in England and Wales in the year ending March 2025, according to domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid. This is an increase from ...

It's the abuse that doesn't leave a physical mark but leaves victims humiliated, threatened and frightened. It's coercive control.

“Coercive control” is the term for a diabolical relationship pattern that can have devastating consequences. It occurs when one person unreasonably interferes with another person’s free will and ...

It is an insidious form of domestic abuse where victims can be controlled, isolated or intimidated by their partner as a form of control. Many victims of coercive control can be unaware the abuse has ...