Men aged 17-25 suffer most assaults
Of 574 male assault victims referred to the support group last year, 200 were in this age group; 139 were aged 26-35 and 29 were under 16. The figures show a sharp increase in the number of people seeking help as a result of personal crime. Assault, robbery, theft and workplace crime almost tripled from 13% in 2001 to 35% in 2002.
However, families of murder victims seeking help are placing the greatest strain on the organisation’s resources, which suffered a 5% cut in Government funding this year.