It's the same every week, every month, every year.
For every few days, a woman is killed by their partner - another victim of domestic violence and abuse.
Two a week.
What are we doing about it? Well, still not enough. But things are better than they used to be - much better. Victims now come forward more readily than they did. And crucially the police now take them seriously - in a way, many years ago, they did not.
Recently I visited a new joint project between Suffolk police and other agencies, designed specifically to help victims of domestic violence and rape. Based on the outskirts of Ipswich, the centre brings together all the various parties who help victims and bring their abusers to justice.
As soon as they make contact with the police or other authorities, women are brought here to a calm and comfortable environment, but one that has been designed to ensure that the risk of cross-contaminating physical and medical evidence is minimised, thereby helping to ensure that a conviction is secured.
In this safe place women can receive the examination, immediate counselling, interviewing and protection that they need. It has been built around the needs of people who have had terrible things done to them, designed - in part - by those who have had that experience themselves.
This is a real triumph for Suffolk police and their partner agencies. And I hope, in time, that the new integrated team effort will begin to bear fruit. Domestic violence, extraordinarily, accounts for a staggering 25% of all reported crime. This means that a quarter of crime victims suffer where they least expect it - in the supposed safety of their own homes. Unfortunately, as I know from my surgeries and constituency casework, this is a real problem in our town.
So it's great that the authorities are doing something about it.
More important still, however, is what we can do. If you know someone who is being abused - encourage them to find help. The police will look after you and your safety will be guaranteed. We can't stop the terror if you don't come forward.
Only when we all face up to the horror that is in our very own neighbourhood will be really be do something about the terrible, hidden, scourge of domestic abuse.