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Domestic and Child Violence

Domestic and child violence rates have been steady or declined
since 2012

Lancaster County’s rate of child abuse and neglect violations have remained steady since 2012, while the rate of domestic assault investigations have declined.

• Lancaster County’s rate of child abuse and neglect investigations by Health and Human Services varies from year to year, but has decreased 31% from a high in 2011 (from 1,025 investigations per 100,000 persons in 2011 to 778 investigations per 100,000 persons in 2019).⁴
• The rate of child abuse and neglect investigations increased 11% from 2018 to 2019 (from 689 investigations per 100,000 persons in 2018 to 778 investigations per 100,000 persons in 2019). The lowest number of investigations in recent years occurred in 2018.
• The rate of domestic assault investigations also varies from year to year but overall has trended lower in the past five years.
• The rate of domestic assault investigations has decreased 60% from a high in 2013 (from 874 investigations per 100,000 persons in 2013 to 545 investigations per 100,000 persons in 2019).

Footnotes

4.  Data for domestic violence offenses are not available for only the City of Lincoln, therefore Lancaster County data are used.