New figures released by the Metropolitan Police show its detection rate for domestic violence has increased from under a third in 2003/04 to more than 55 per cent in 2004/05.
Barnardo's policy officer Alan Coombe said the Met and other forces were making great strides in tackling domestic violence.
But he said children were still being put in danger because judges were granting contact orders to violent parents. There was also a lack of cross-departmental strategy despite new commitments to child safety as a result of the draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill.
"I don't think the Government is looking at the crossover between domestic violence and child protection fully enough," said Coombe. More resources were needed for childcare in women's refuges and it was vital to get messages about non-violent dispute resolution into schools, he added.
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