Table 2 Number of DFV events (n = 223,778) with the extracted coercive control related behaviours

Property damage

66,948

29.9

Verbal abuse

66,276

29.6

Intimidation to harm

20,805

9.3

Intimidation, unspecified

20,124

9.0

Direct threat to kill

10,361

4.6

Withholding of personal effects

6,557

2.9

Harassment [call]

5,686

2.5

Harassment [text message]

4,741

2.1

Intimidation with an object

2,873

1.3

Stalking, unspecified

2,797

1.2

Harassment, unspecified

2,280

1.0

Threat to damage property

2,254

1.0

Threat of self-harm

2,232

1.0

Direct veiled threats to harm

2,147

1.0

Suicide threats

2,035

0.9

Threat to harm a third person

1,040

0.5

Controlling behaviour

666

0.3

Trespassing

603

0.3

Financial control

527

0.2

Direct threat for sexual assault

396

0.2

Harassment [email]

371

0.2

Harassment at known location

346

0.2

Harassment [letter]

328

0.1

Harassment [gift]

297

0.1

Threats to take the children away

201

0.1

Threat to harm animals

120

0.1

Isolation [children]

106

 < 0.1

Harassment [social media]

98

 < 0.1

Privacy violation

92

 < 0.1

Stalking at known location

86

 < 0.1

Locking the victim out of the premises

84

 < 0.1

Obsession with the victim

82

 < 0.1

Property damage [arson]

73

 < 0.1

Stalking via car

58

 < 0.1

Direct threat to harm animals

17

 < 0.1

Isolation [family]

15

 < 0.1

Isolation [friends]

15

 < 0.1

Employment control

13

 < 0.1

Direct threat to harm a third person

9

 < 0.1

Acts of self-harm

8

 < 0.1

Use of device to track the victim

5

 < 0.1

Isolation [home]

2

 < 0.1

Blackmail

1

 < 0.1

Non-consensual sharing of intimate material

1

 < 0.1

Direct statement of victim surveillance

1

 < 0.1

Unauthorized dissemination of victim’s information

1

 < 0.1