OPINION: Levels of ‘honour-based’ abuse (HBA) have gone up in the UK by 10% over the last three years, an increase driven partly by a rise in reporting as communities emerged from pandemic lockdowns, and also by changes to police recording rules; Dr Sadiq Bhanbhro of Sheffield Hallam University believes the lack of a clear legal definition of HBA, together with political cultural sensitivities, maybe preventing the police and Crown Prosecution Service from tackling the crime more effectively.