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Domestic violence: Offences in the police crime statistics
The latest figure is 22 066 for 2025, up 37% since 2009 (16 055).
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Period: 2009–2025. This describes stored catalogue and profile information; it does not guarantee uninterrupted annual observations.
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The numbers
| Period | Total |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 066 |
| 2024 | 21 127 |
| 2023 | 19 918 |
| 2022 | 19 978 |
| 2021 | 19 341 |
| 2020 | 20 124 |
| 2019 | 19 669 |
| 2018 | 18 522 |
| 2017 | 17 024 |
| 2016 | 17 685 |
| 2014 | 15 650 |
| 2013 | 16 495 |
| 2012 | 15 810 |
| 2011 | 14 881 |
| 2010 | 15 606 |
| 2009 | 16 055 |
Source file preview
| Domestic violence: offences in the police crime statistics, 2009-2025 | Unnamed: 1 | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Number of offences | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| None | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 20156) |
| Total | 16055 | 15606 | 14881 | 15810 | 16495 | 15650 | 17297 |
| Homicide completed (art. 111-113/116) | 25 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 36 |
| Homicide attempted (art. 111-113/116) | 54 | 51 | 65 | 46 | 44 | 39 | 52 |
| Inciting and assisting suicide (art. 115) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Illegal abortion without the consent of the pregnant woman ( | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Serious assault (art. 122) | 55 | 65 | 70 | 81 | 75 | 72 | 84 |
| Common assault (art. 123) | 2345 | 2197 | 2098 | 2048 | 2190 | 1879 | 1952 |
| Female genital mutilation (art. 124)1) | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Acts of aggression (art. 126) | 4928 | 4841 | 4439 | 4597 | 4798 | 4632 | 5181 |
| Abandonment (art. 127) | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| Endangering life (art. 129) | 164 | 169 | 96 | 99 | 90 | 105 | 119 |
| Administering substances capable of causing injury to childr | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 |
| Defamation (art. 173) | 124 | 132 | 196 | 194 | 196 | 248 | 243 |