Relationship abuse is affecting too many teenagers

28% of teenagers said they’d been in a romantic relationship in the past year

• Of those, 39% experienced emotional or physical abuse – that’s over one in ten of all teenagers, or roughly 390,000 young people across England and Wales.
• 36% experienced emotional abuse, including:
  • Partner checking their phone or social media (19%)
  • Monitoring their location (14%)
  • Criticising their appearance (11%)
• 15% experienced physical or sexual abuse, including:
  • Being forced or pressured into sex (10%)
  • Being physically hurt (7.2%)
  • Having explicit images shared online (5.1%)