Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission on Sexual & Domestic Violence

2018 Data Report

“The root causes are generational poverty and trauma. It goes back to colonization.”

—Local Family Member of an Indigenous Abduction Survivor

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2018 Annual Data Report: Sexual & Domestic Violence in Whatcom County

This report examines data on domestic and sexual violence in Whatcom County for the calendar year 2018. It features a “Snapshot Report,” which provides context on domestic and sexual violence in Whatcom County, and a “Spotlight Report” on the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit Persons. This portion includes data from 2019. The end of this report features updates on community responses to the Spotlight areas featured in the previous year’s report.