EIGE

Annual number of women victims of intimate partner violence (aged 18 and over) committed by men (aged 18 and over), as recorded by police genvio_int_adm_ipv__ipv_indic_1

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Number of victims
Description:

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has developed 13 indicators on Intimate Partner Violence to guide and support the reporting process of Member States in order to meet their European and International commitments in relation to the fight against violence against women. Subsequently, EIGE has collected national-level administrative data from national police and justice sources against each of these 13 indicators.

The intimate partner violence: data collection methodology can be consulted here.

EIGE defines Intimate Partner Violence as “A pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviours, including physical, sexual and psychological acts, as well as economic coercion, which adults or adolescents may use against their intimate partners without their consent.” It includes “Any act of physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence that occurs between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not the perpetrator shares or has shared the same residence with the victim.”

Data in this table cover indicator 1 and represent the number of women victims of intimate partner violence.

Victims are persons who have suffered harm (including physical, mental or emotional harm or economic loss) directly caused by a criminal offence.

While EIGE aims to collect comparable data adhering to the definitions of the 13 indicators, the data collection has shown that countries’ availability of this data is limited. Values shown in this data table are comparable, i.e. they comply with EIGE’s definition. The following caveats for the comparable data in the data table apply (indicated by flag (d) (definition differs, see metadata):

The table below provides links to Excel files for each country with all data and metadata collected (including non-comparable approximates) for each of the 13 indicators defined by EIGE. In the second column, any nuances to comparable data as provided in data table in EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database are described, where relevant (as indicated by the flag (d) (definition differs, see metadata) in the data table).

Country

Definition of data in data table differs (if applies)

Belgium (BE)

 

Bulgaria (BG)

 

Czechia (CZ)

2016-2018: Data are indicative due to quality concerns regarding data on victims. 

2017: Previously reported data was from January to September. Revisions include data from January to December. 

2018: Data prior to 2018 do not include economic offences.

Data only include intimate partners living in a common dwelling.

Denmark (DK)

 

Germany (DE)

2017- 2018: New offences introduced and legal changes of sexual violence.

Data include victims of all ages, and all perpetrators of all ages. 

Estonia (EE)

 

Ireland (IE)

 

Greece (EL)

 

Spain (ES)

 

France (FR)

Croatia (HR)

 

Italy (IT)

 

Cyprus (CY)

 

Latvia (LV)

 

Lithuania (LT)

 

Luxembourg (LU)

Data not yet available. 

Hungary (HU)

Data not yet available. 

Malta (MT)

 

Netherlands (NL)

 

Austria (AT)

 

Poland (PL)

 

Portugal (PT)

 

Romania (RO)

 

Slovenia (SI)

 

Slovakia (SK)

 

Finland (FI)

Sweden (SE)

UK – England and Wales (UK EAW)

 

UK – Northern Ireland (UK NIR)

 

UK – Scotland (UK SCT)

 
Keywords:
GBV, gender based violence, gender-based violence, victim, victims, violence
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE
EL
ES
FR
HR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
UKEAW
UKNIR
UKSCT
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
BE
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
BG
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
CZ
2102(b)
2209(b)
2116(b)
2523
2550
DK
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
DE
114393(b)
113965(b)
108956(d)
104290(d)
(z)
EE
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
IE
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
EL
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
ES
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
FR
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
HR
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
IT
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
CY
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
LV
179
162
158
161
146
LT
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
LU
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
HU
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
MT
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
NL
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
AT
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
PL
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
PT
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
RO
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
SI
943
820
828
889
1127
SK
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
FI
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
SE
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
UKEAW
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
UKNIR
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
UKSCT
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable