Vic family violence 'worse than feared' THE scale of domestic violence in Victoria is worse than imagined, police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay says. Some 51,000 family violence incidents were recorded in 2011-12, but Mr Lay says he expects the figure to rise above 60,00 this financial year. He told Fairfax newspapers that while the rise was mostly due to more reporting, it was an alarming situation. "There's still a hell of a lot of work to be done, and still a lot of very vulnerable people being injured every night," Mr Lay said. We never had a true sense of how big this problem was ... it's quite frightening. Mr Lay said he was undaunted by the high numbers. "No matter how much pressure we put on the courts or broader system, we're keeping on going with this," he said.