There were 517 women, children and men staying in a domestic violence emergency shelter on an average night in Virginia in 2010, a 10% increase from 2008. 2,571 families seeking shelter could not be served because the shelter was full.(Action Alliance 2010 VAdata Report)

In 2010, 34% of people receiving domestic violence advocacy services had to relocate or became homeless as a result of the domestic violence.
(Action Alliance 2010 VAdata Report)

In 2010,the number of adults and children receiving domestic violence advocacy services in Virginia increased by 17% since 2008.
(Action Alliance 2010 VAdata Report)

1 in 3 homicides in Virginia are due to family or intimate partner violence. On average, an intimate partner homicide occurs every 5 to 7 days in Virginia. Over a ten-year period, 60% of victims of intimate partner homicide in Virginia were killed with a firearm.
(Virginia Medical Examiner’s 2010 report)