More than one in four offences recorded in the Tweed Byron Police District last week were domestic violence related.
The figure continues a trend of domestic violence offences accounting for between a quarter to a third of all offences in each of the Tweed Byron and Richmond Police Districts on the Northern Rivers.
Thirteen people across the district were charged with domestic violence (DV) related offences in the week ending 15 April, including ten men and three women.
Officers said the accused were responsible for a total of 24 DV related offences, with charges listed including choking.
Other DV related offences in the most recent local police report included assault occasioning actual bodily harm; stalking and/or intimidation; intentionally recording intimate images; destroying property; and contravening apprehended violence orders.
At least one alleged domestic violence offender is also accused of assaulting police.
Police reported 84 criminal offences throughout Tweed Byron last week and 66 arrests, meaning domestic violence offences accounted for more than 28 per cent of all locally recorded crime.
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