More Vic women to use safety devices

More women will be armed with devices to help protect them from violent partners during the Christmas holidays, a time when more people are at risk of domestic abuse.

A trial to fund personal safety cards, alarm watches and CCTV cameras will be expanded from about 45 women to 70 to help slow domestic violence during the upcoming holiday period and beyond.

The pilot in Melbourne's outer east, north and the Gippsland area funds personal safety cards, alarm watches and CCTV cameras that enable women to live-stream confrontations with violent partners to emergency services.

The SafeTcard is a device worn on a lanyard alerts emergency services and live-streams audio and their GPS location.

Last December, police received more than 6500 calls about family violence, making the month one of the worst when it comes to family abuse.

Victoria Police spokeswoman Sara-Jane Hopper told AAP that on Christmas day alone, there were more than 200 reports of people being abused by their loved ones.

"Traditionally at Christmas we spend more time with our families, which in some cases lead to manipulation, control, abuse and violence," she said.

Family Violence Minister Fiona Richardson told reporters she wanted to assure victims of family violence that all service providers and crisis lines were available over the Christmas period.

The initiative follows a week of severe family violence cases in Victorian courts, which saw jealous husband Parminder Singh, 30, jailed for at least 17 years and a life sentence for vengeful Chinese woman Cai Xia Liao, 45, for killing the four-year-old grandson and wife of her lover.