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External Data Insights

Valuable insights from external partners to better understand the prevalence of Honour Based Abuse.

Forced Marriage Unit Statistics

Every year, the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) publishes data and statistics on cases reported through its public helpline and email inbox. You can take a look at our commentary and summary of this data here.

  • 2023 Forced Marriage Unit Statistics

    The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) has published its 2023 data on forced marriage cases and forced marriage enquiries to its national helpline, and the University of Nottingham have published insights on this data. The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) is a joint Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Home Office unit which leads on the government’s forced marriage policy, outreach and casework.

  • 2022 Forced Marriage Unit Statistics

    The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) has published it’s 2022 data on forced marriage cases and forced marriage enquiries to its national helpline. The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) is a joint Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Home Office unit which covers the government’s forced marriage policy, outreach and casework.

Other Publications

Statistics on so called ‘honour-based’ abuse offences, England and Wales, 2021 to 2022

In the year ending March 2022, there were 2,887 HBA-related offences recorded by the police. This was an increase of 6% compared with the year ending March 2021.

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Forced Marriage Unit statistics 2021

In 2021, the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) gave advice and support in 337 cases related to a possible forced marriage and/or possible female genital mutilation (FGM).

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Forced Marriage Protection Orders and Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders

See Table 16 in the link provided for FMPO data from Q4 2008 to date. 2,933 FMPO applications have been made since Q4 2008 up to Q3 2022.

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Statistics on so called ‘honour-based’ abuse offences, England and Wales, 2020 to 2021

In the year ending March 2021, there were 2,725 HBA-related offences recorded by the police in England and Wales.

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Forced Marriage Unit statistics 2020

In 2020, the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) gave advice or support in 759 cases related to a possible forced marriage and/or possible female genital mutilation (FGM).

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CWJ – Police Perpetrated DA

Has anything really changed since the 2020 super-complaint?

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