This article explores changes in reported lifetime prevalence of psychological abuse, controlling behaviours and economic abuse between 2003 and 2019, and the past 12-month prevalence of psychological abuse by an intimate partner were examined.

Key findings:

• There was a reduction in the reported past 12-month experience of two or more acts of psychological intimate partner violence (IPV) from 8.4% in 2003 to 4.7% in 2019.
• The reported lifetime prevalence of two or more acts of controlling behaviours increased from 8.2% in 2003 to 13.4% in 2019 (95% CI 11.0 to 15.7).
• Lifetime prevalence of economic IPV also increased from 4.5% in 2003 to 8.9% in 2019. 
• Those who were divorced/separated or cohabiting, and those living in the most deprived areas were more likely to report past-year psychological IPV, lifetime controlling behaviours and economic abuse.
• A higher proportion of women who were married or cohabiting reported controlling behaviours in 2019 compared with 2003.