Greensboro police say there have been almost 2,500 domestic violence victims reported since January

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — Greensboro police are marking the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness Month with a solemn statistic.

In a Facebook post, they shared that there have been 2,492 victims of domestic violence reported to the Greensboro Police Department since the beginning of the year.

That averages out to just over 275 victims per month for the first nine months of the year. 2,492 also represents just under 1% of the entire population of the city of Greensboro…

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