There are also different definitions of VAWG used across government, which makes it difficult to monitor progress in a consistent way. For example, the definition of VAWG used by the Home Office includes all victims and survivors of VAWG–related offences, regardless of whether they are men or women, boys or girls. Whereas, in contrast, the police definition only includes VAWG–related offences perpetrated against women and girls.52 Despite the police defining VAWG in a different way, the Home Office told us that this will not impact its ability to measure progress, as it does not consider police–recorded crime an accurate measure of prevalence. The Home Office told us that this is because police data is likely to underreport the true scale of VAWG, stating that underreporting levels can be between one in six and one in five.53 Research submitted by Dr Caroline Miles and Professor Rosemary Broad found that 68% of 498 women surveyed had experienced VAWG whilst out running, but only around one in 20 of these women reported to the police.54