EIGE

Annual number of women victims of sexual intimate partner violence (aged 18 and over) committed by men (aged 18 and over) as recorded by police genvio_int_adm_ipv__ipv_indic_6

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 6 and represent the number of women victims of sexual intimate partner violence.

Victims are persons who have suffered harm (here, in particular, harm caused by sexual violence) 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. 

Data only include intimate partners living in a common dwelling.

Denmark (DK)

 

Germany (DE)

2017- 2018: Rape and sexual coercion (Art.177), sexual abuse of persons incapable of resistance (Art.179) included in the criminal code.

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

Estonia (EE)

 

Ireland (IE)

 

Greece (EL)

 

Spain (ES)

 

France (FR)

Data are not disaggregated by the sex and age of the perpetrator. 

Croatia (HR)

 

Italy (IT)

 

Cyprus (CY)

 

Latvia (LV)

 

Lithuania (LT)

Data are not disaggregated by the sex and age of the perpetrator, and cover intimate partners living together. 

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)

Data also include attempts of sexual Intimate Partner Violence. 

Slovakia (SK)

 

Finland (FI)

Data include male suspects of all ages. 

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
DE
CZ
FI
SI
LT
LV
AT
BE
BG
HR
CY
DK
UKEAW
EE
FR
EL
HU
IE
IT
LU
MT
NL
UKNIR
PL
PT
RO
UKSCT
SK
ES
SE
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
DE
3086(b)
2705(b)
2531(d)
2410(d)
(z)
CZ
119(b)
174(b)
156(b)
184
185
FI
109(d)
83(d)
101(d)
88(d)
77(d)
SI
10(d)
8(d)
2(d)
6(d)
7(d)
LT
6(d)
3(d)
8(d)
4(d)
6(d)
LV
4
6
2
2
3
AT
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
BE
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
BG
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
HR
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
CY
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
DK
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
UKEAW
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
EE
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
FR
(z)
2820(d)
2550(d)
(z)
(z)
EL
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
HU
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
IE
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
IT
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
LU
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
MT
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
NL
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
UKNIR
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
PL
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
PT
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
RO
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
UKSCT
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
SK
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
ES
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
(z)
SE
(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