Over 10 million men and women are the victims of domestic violence in the United States every year.

In Pennsylvania alone, there were:

2015

37,993 - New protection orders from domestic abuse cases

2016

39,056 - New protection orders from domestic abuse cases

2017

39,083 - New protection orders from domestic abuse cases

In Lehigh County, there were:

2015

1,359 - New protection from abuse cases and 883 domestic violence cases

2016

1,346 - New protection from abuse cases and 919 domestic violence cases

2017

1,393 - New protection from abuse cases and 798 domestic violence cases

2018

1,354 - New protection from abuse cases and 793 domestic violence cases

As of September 2019 1,163 new protection from abuse cases have been opened