Executive Summary
Domestic Violence Community Leadership Team (DV-CLT):
DV-CLT (“The Team”) is a partnership between government, health and human service providers, educational
institutions, the private sector and the faith community. The Team raises awareness about domestic violence and
focuses on preventing domestic violence. In 2008, The Team recommended developing various metrics and key
indicators on domestic violence activity in our county. As a result, the Mecklenburg County’s Domestic Violence
Data Warehouse was developed to “house” the domestic violence related performance metrics, and this annual
community report was created.
How to Read This Document:
This report has two sections: the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Section and the Health and Human Services
Section. The Public Safety and Criminal Justice Section provides domestic violence related data from various
law enforcement agencies and from the 26th Judicial District court system. The Health and Human Services
Section includes domestic violence related data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, from various county
departments and from local service providers who specialize in domestic violence intervention and prevention
services. Each agency is described briefly, and trend data is reported from the agency’s case management
system(s). The data is by fiscal year, calendar year and academic school year. A Notes section follows with
definitions and details related to the data tables and graphs.
Key Results Summary:
 The total number of police incident reports filed with a domestic violence relationship is 9,053 in FY15.
 Simple Assault is the most common charge type (4,946) noted in the domestic violence incident police
report in FY15.
 The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office served 2,889 domestic violence orders in calendar year 2015.
 The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office seized and stored 376 weapons in the context of domestic
violence in calendar year 2015.
 The number of Domestic Violence Protective Orders filed in the 26th Judicial Civil District Court was
3,111 for FY15.
 The 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Survey captures local data on violence among middle and high school
students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. In 2013, 8.8 percent of students responded affirmatively to
being “physically hurt on purpose” by someone he or she is dating. Likewise, 8.4 percent responded
affirmatively to being forced to do “sexual things when [he/she] did not want to.” The 2015 survey results
will be available in the summer of 2016.
 Mecklenburg County’s Community Support Services Department served 1,037 adult victims of domestic
violence in FY15.
 The domestic violence shelter, provided by Safe Alliance, served 446 adult victims of domestic violence
in FY15.
“We are building a community that does not tolerate domestic violence and stands united to prevent all forms of it.” –
DV-CLT Leadership Team Vision