"Figure 6: Bisexual adults were the most likely to have experienced abuse before the age of 16 years","" "England and Wales, year ending March 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. See Section 7.3 of [User Guide](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/methodologies/userguidetocrimestatisticsforenglandandwales) for definitions of personal characteristics. 2. “Any abuse” includes respondents who said they experienced emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, or said they witnessed domestic violence or abuse in the home. See Section 5.1 of the [User Guide](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/methodologies/userguidetocrimestatisticsforenglandandwales) for definitions of abuse during childhood. 3. “Emotional abuse” was referred to as “psychological abuse” in previous publications. 4. “Sexual abuse” includes rape or assault by penetration (including attempts), other contact sexual abuse, and non-contact sexual abuse." "Unit","%" "","" "","Heterosexual and straight","Gay and Lesbian","Bisexual","Other" "Any abuse","20.26423913","29.7095119","47.9330939","19.06091824" "Emotional abuse","8.977649743","15.04135687","28.56540586","9.381752324" "Physical abuse","7.412836912","12.38519564","18.08911322","10.71657172" "Sexual abuse","7.21653059","12.64988265","26.35644188","6.642630121" "Witnessed domestic
violence or abuse","9.567086814","12.19211112","25.54228397","10.4447319"