Gender-based violence is deeply rooted in structural, political, economic and social inequalities. As a result, women are disproportionately affected by gender-based violence, which continues to be one of the most pervasive human rights violations.
Violence against women encompasses all acts of gender-based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, psychological, financial, sexual or reproductive harm, including the threats of such acts, occurring in public, private and digital spaces.
This report presents the findings of the latest administrative data collection on gender-based violence from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), conducted between 2023 and 2024. Building on previous data collections focused on intimate partner violence, rape and femicide, the latest exercise expanded its scope to also include domestic violence and violence in any relationship, thereby refining the methodology and improving data coverage.
The data used in this analysis was collected from national administrative sources across the EU Member States, primarily from police and justice sector records, covering the period 2014-2022. The exercise aimed to assess data availability, quality and comparability across the Member States.
