The Windsor Police Service has seen an increase in intimate partner violence since the pandemic in 2020.
The number of incidents remains high despite the pandemic and lockdowns being over.
"IPV stayed high, not just in Windsor but nationally and for certain provincially. It's driving our crime severity index and it is something we are working on with our special victims unit to work with our partners to try and see what we can do to get those numbers down," said Deputy Chief Jason Crowley.
He said that because most of the incidents occur behind closed doors, they cannot do much to influence the rates.
"It's in the home, we're talking about contributors of alcohol abuse, of drug abuse, mental health, even when it comes down to it unhoused people, these are things that are out of our control," said Crowley.
There were 62 incidents of domestic assault in June, 71 in July and 58 in August.
"We want to educate the public that this is not right, not legal, certainly not acceptable," said Crowley. "We are going to always advocate for reaching out to our victims services partners, the police, this is not something anyone should have to live with or tolerate."
Many regional municipalities, including the City of Windsor, have declared intimate partner violence an epidemic.
