An interactive Excel-based data tool for domestic abuse statistics. It allows users to explore data for their police force area in more detail and compare with other areas.

In 2024/25, there were approximately 815,941 domestic violence incidents recorded by the police in England and Wales, compared with the 851,062 offences reported in the previous year.

In 2023, almost one out of three ever-partnered Turkish women had experienced domestic violence. In comparison, only 12 percent of women living in Switzerland had experienced domestic violence in their lifetime.

Between 2009/10 and 2023/24, 1,142 women have been killed by a partner, or an ex-partner in England and Wales, compared with 514 killed by family members, 316 killed by friends or acquaintances, and 273 killed by strangers. In every reporting year in the provided time period, partners or ex-partners were responsible for the highest number of homicides of female victims.

Of the *** recorded homicides in England and Wales in 2023/24, *** of the victims were male, and *** victims were female. During this provided time period, the reporting year with the highest number of homicides was 2017/18, when *** were reported, while 2016/17 had the second-highest of homicides at ***. Male homicide victims outnumber female homicide victims in every reporting year. Vast majority of homicides committed by men Although more likely to be the victims of homicide, men are also responsible for far more homicides than women are, with most homicide suspects being male in England and Wales. Between 2010/11 and 2023/24, there have been ***** men indicted for homicide, compared with *** women. Additionally, a high number of female homicides were perpetrated by people, and usually men, that they knew. Between 2009/10 and 2023, ***** women were killed by their partners or ex-partners, with family members responsible for *** homicides in the same time period. Knives used in significant share of cases Sharp instruments such as knives were used in ** percent of homicides in England and Wales in 2023/24, by far the most of any method of that reporting year. Overall, there were *** knife homicides in this reporting year, compared with just ** homicides where a firearm was used. While shootings are relatively rate in the UK, there has been a substantial increase in knife crime in recent years, with offenses almost doubling between 2013/14 and 2019/20, when knife crime offenses reached a peak of ******.

The number of victims of gender abuse in Spain showed a downtrend over the period of time under consideration, fluctuating from a peak in 2008 at 76 women killed by their partners and registering its lowest point in 2016 with 49 victims. Organic Act 1/2004 In 2004, Zapatero’s government passed the Organic Act 1/2004 on Integrated Protection Measures against Gender Violence, a law approved unanimously in Parliament which included measures of prevention, protection and support for female victims of gender-based violence. Yet, 19 years later, most victims of gender violence in Spain had not filed a legal complaint against their aggressor. On the other hand, thousands of victims have benefited from the protection granted by the new legal framework. As of 2023, more than 36,000 women were under gender violence protection schemes or precautionary measures throughout Spain. In order to comply with the measures included in the Organic Act, the hotline ATENPRO was implemented in 2005 to offer support and protection to gender-violence victims. By the end of that year it already had 5,661 active users, recording in 2024 the highest volume to date: 18,074 users. The profile of violence In 2023, Andalusia, Region of Valencia and Catalonia were the autonomous communities that registered the largest number of crimes regarding gender violence. The most common age among assailants ranged from 30 to 44 years, while less than 600 people who assaulted women were 19 or younger. This could mean either that teenagers are less prone to denounce these crimes, or a changing attitude among younger generations. Actually, the number of underage women that were killed in gender violence assaults in Spain have remained under ten per year since at least 2013.