Intimate partner and domestic violence : EIGE’s data collection (2023–2024) : methodological report.
Date: 2025-05-02
Institutions: European Institute for Gender Equality
Subjects: EU Member State, data collection, domestic violence, police, psychological harassment, research method, sexual violence, statistics, victim

Intimate partner and 
domestic violence
EIGE’s data collection (2023–2024) 
Methodological report

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Intimate partner and 
domestic violence
EIGE’s data collection (2023–2024)
Methodological report

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Introduction

Overview of EIGE’s data collection exercise

Conceptual framework and key definitions

EIGE’s 13 indicators on intimate partner violence and domestic violence

EIGE’s data collection tool

EIGE’s data collection methodology

Indicator 1: annual number of [female and total] victims of 
[intimate partner / domestic / any] violence, as recorded by the police

Statistical unit

Types of offence

Reference area

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Availability of data on domestic violence

Time coverage

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

Indicator 2: annual number of reported offences of [intimate partner / domestic / any] 
violence against [female and total] victims, as recorded by the police

Statistical unit

Types of offence

Reference area

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Availability of data on domestic violence

Time coverage

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

Indicator 3: annual number of male perpetrators of [intimate partner / domestic / any] 
violence against [female and total] victims, as recorded by the police

Statistical unit

Types of offence

Reference area

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Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Availability with data on domestic violence

Time coverage

Comparability to EIGE’s indicator requirements

Indicator 4: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / 
domestic / any] physical violence, as recorded by the police

Statistical unit

Types of offence

Reference area

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Availability of data on domestic violence

Time coverage

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

Comparability of offences

Indicator 5: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / 
domestic / any] psychological violence, as recorded by the police

Statistical unit

Types of offence

Reference area

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Availability of data on domestic violence

Time coverage

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

Comparability of offences

Indicator 6: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / 
domestic / any] sexual violence, as recorded by the police

Statistical unit

Types of offence

Reference area

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Availability of data on domestic violence

Time coverage

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Comparability of offences

Indicator 7: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / 
domestic / any] economic violence, as recorded by the police

Statistical unit

Types of offence

Reference area

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Availability of data on domestic violence

Time coverage

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

Comparability of offences

Indicator 8: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / 
domestic / any] rape, as recorded by the police

Statistical unit

Types of offence

Reference area

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Availability of data on domestic violence

Time coverage

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

Comparability of offences

Indicator 9: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / 
domestic / any] [femicide/homicide], as recorded by the police

Statistical unit

Types of offence

Reference area

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Availability of data on domestic violence

Time coverage

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

Comparability of offences

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Indicator 10: annual number of protection orders [applied for and granted] in cases of 
[intimate partner / domestic / any] violence against [female and total] victims

Statistical unit

Types of offence

Reference area

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Availability of data on domestic violence

Time coverage

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

Indicator 11: annual number of male perpetrators prosecuted for [intimate partner / 
domestic / any] violence against [female and total] victims

Statistical unit

Types of offence

Reference area

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Availability of data on domestic violence

Time coverage

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

Indicator 12: annual number of male perpetrators sentenced for [intimate partner / 
domestic / any] violence against [female and total] victims

Statistical unit

Types of offence

Reference area

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Availability of data on domestic violence

Time coverage

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

Indicator 13: number of male perpetrators held in prison or with a sanction involving a 
form of deprivation of liberty for [intimate partner / domestic / any] violence against 
[female and total] victims

Statistical unit

Types of offence

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Availability of data on domestic violence

Time coverage

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Annexes

Annex 1.  Mapping tables

Annex 2.  Details on police sector data (Indicators 1–9)

Annex 3.  Details on justice sector data (Indicators 10–13)

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List of figures

Figure 1.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 

Indicator 1, by sex of the victim

Figure 2.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for 

Indicator 1, by sex of the victim

Figure 3.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 

Indicator 2, by sex of the victim

Figure 4.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for 

Indicator 2, by sex of the victim

Figure 5.  Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators of intimate 

partner violence for Indicator 3, by sex of the victim

Figure 6.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for 

Indicator 3, by sex of the victim

Figure 7.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 

Indicator 4, by sex of the victim

Figure 8.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for 

Indicator 4, by sex of the victim

Figure 9.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 

Indicator 5, by sex of the victim

Figure 10. Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for 

Indicator 5, by sex of the victim

Figure 11. Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 

Indicator 6, by sex of the victim

Figure 12. Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for 

Indicator 6, by sex of the victim

Figure 13. Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 

Indicator 7, by sex of the victim

Figure 14. Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for 

Indicator 7, by sex of the victim

Figure 15. Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 

Indicator 8, by sex of the victim

Figure 16. Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for 

Indicator 8, by sex of the victim

Figure 17.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 

Indicator 9, by sex of the victim

Figure 18. Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for 

Indicator 9, by sex of the victim

Figure 19. Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 

Indicator 10, by sex of the victim and type of protection order

Figure 20. Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for 

Indicator 10, by sex of the victim and type of protection order

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Figure 21. Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators prosecuted 
for intimate partner violence for Indicator 11, by sex of the victim
Figure 22. Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators prosecuted 

for domestic violence for Indicator 11, by sex of the victim

Figure 23. Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators sentenced 
for intimate partner violence for Indicator 12, by sex of the victim
Figure 24. Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators sentenced 

for domestic violence for Indicator 12, by sex of the victim
Figure 25. Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators held 

in prison or with a sanction involving a form of deprivation of liberty for 
intimate partner violence for Indicator 13, by sex of the victim
Figure 26. Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators held 

in prison or with a sanction involving a form of deprivation of liberty for 
domestic violence for Indicator 13, by sex of the victim

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List of tables

Table 1.  List of EIGE’s 13 indicators on intimate partner violence and domestic violence
Table 2.  Structure of the data collection tool
Table 3.  Factors affecting the accuracy of the data
Table 4.  Factors affecting the comparability of the data over time
Table 5. 
Table 6.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 1
Table 7.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 1, by type of 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 1

violence
ICCS offences requested for Indicator 2

Table 8. 
Table 9.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 2
Table 10.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 2, by type of 

violence

Table 11.  ICCS offences requested for Indicator 3
Table 12.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 3
Table 13.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 3, by type of 

violence

Table 14.  ICCS offences requested for Indicator 4
Table 15.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 4
Table 16.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 4, by type of 

violence

Table 17.  Offences included in the data for Indicator 4
Table 18.  ICCS offences requested for Indicator 5
Table 19.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 5
Table 20.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 5, by type of 

violence

Table 21.  Offences included in the data for Indicator 5
Table 22.  ICCS offences requested for Indicator 6
Table 23.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 6
Table 24.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 6, by type of 

violence

Table 25.  Offences included in the data for Indicator 6
Table 26.  ICCS offences requested for Indicator 7
Table 27.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 7
Table 28.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 7, by type of 

violence

Table 29.  Offences included in the data for Indicator 7
Table 30.  ICCS offences requested for Indicator 8
Table 31.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 8

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Table 32.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 8, by type of 

violence

Table 33.  ICCS offences requested for Indicator 9
Table 34.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 9
Table 35.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 9, by type of 

violence

Table 36.  Offences included in the data for Indicator 9
Table 37.  ICCS offences requested for Indicator 10
Table 38.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 10
Table 39.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 10, by type of 

violence

Table 40.  ICCS offences requested for Indicator 11
Table 41.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 11
Table 42.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 11, by type of 

violence

Table 43.  ICCS offences requested for Indicator 12
Table 44. Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 12
Table 45.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 12, by type of 

violence

Table 46.  ICCS offences requested for Indicator 13
Table 47.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 13
Table 48.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 13, by type of 

violence

Table A1.  Indicator 1: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner 

/ domestic / any] violence, as recorded by the police

Table A2.  Indicator 2: annual number of reported offences of [intimate partner / 

domestic / any] violence against [female and total] victims, as recorded by the 
police

Table A3.  Indicator 3: annual number of perpetrators of [intimate partner / domestic / 

any] violence against [female and total] victims, as recorded by the police

Table A4.  Indicator 4: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner 

/ domestic / any] physical violence, as recorded by the police

Table A5.  Indicator 5: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner 
/ domestic / any] psychological violence, as recorded by the police
Table A6.  Indicator 6: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner 

/ domestic / any] sexual violence, as recorded by the police

Table A7.  Indicator 7: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / 

domestic / any] economic violence, as recorded by the police

Table A8.  Indicator 8: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner 

/ domestic / any] rape, as recorded by the police

Table A9.  Indicator 9: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner 

/ domestic / any] femicide/homicide, as recorded by the police

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Table A10.  Indicator 10: annual number of protection orders [applied for and granted] 
in cases of [intimate partner / domestic / any] violence against [female and 
total] victims

Table A11.  Indicator 11: annual number of male perpetrators prosecuted for [intimate 

partner / domestic / any] violence against [female and total] victims

Table A12.  Indicator 12: annual number of male perpetrators sentenced for [intimate 

partner / domestic / any] violence against [female and total] victims

Table A13.  Indicator 13: number of male perpetrators held in prison or with a sanction 
involving a form of deprivation of liberty for [intimate partner / domestic / 
any] violence against [female and total] victims

Table A14.  Data collection procedures for the police sector data (Indicators 1–9)
Table A15.  Counting rules for the police sector data (Indicators 1–9)
Table A16.  Data collection procedures for the justice sector data (Indicators 10–13)
Table A17.  Counting rules for the justice sector data (Indicators 10–13)

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Introduction

The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has developed 13 indicators on intimate 
partner violence and domestic violence to guide the data collection efforts of the police and the 
justice sector. EIGE’s indicators support EU Member States to measure intimate partner violence 
and domestic violence and to assess the progress made to combat and monitor these forms of 
violence. Ultimately, the indicators enhance the comparability of national administrative data on 
intimate partner and domestic violence in alignment with the minimum requirements of 
Directive (EU) 2024/1385 on combating violence against women and domestic violence; Directive 
2012/29/EU on establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims 
of crime; and the Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against 
women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention).

Between 2018 and 2020, EIGE used the 13 indicators to measure intimate partner violence 
across the EU. Between 2021 and 2022, EIGE revised and simplified the 13 indicators, the data 
collection tool used to populate the indicators and the data collection methodology.

Between 2023 and 2024, EIGE conducted a new EU-wide data collection exercise to measure 
intimate partner violence and domestic violence using the updated indicators, data collection 
tool and methodology.

This document describes the methodological approach for the 2023–2024 data collection 
exercise. The structure of this report is as follows.

•  The following section provides an overview of EIGE’s data collection exercise, indicators and 

data collection tool and provides general methodological details.

•  The remaining sections provide indicator-specific details on the methodological approach used 

to collect data on EIGE’s 13 indicators on intimate partner violence and domestic violence.

•  The annexes present mapping tables with further information on the availability and 

comparability of the data collected, and the sources of the data.

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exercise

Conceptual framework and key definitions

EIGE’s 2023 data collection exercise involved the collection of data on intimate partner violence, 
domestic violence and violence in ‘any relationship’.

Intimate partner violence is defined by EIGE as any act of physical, sexual, psychological or 
economic violence that occurs between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not 
perpetrators share or have shared the same residence with victims (1).

Domestic violence is defined as all acts of physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence 
that occur within the family (or domestic unit), irrespective of biological or legal family ties, or 
between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not perpetrators share or have 
shared the same residence with victims (2).

Forms of violence and specific offences covered

EIGE’s indicators collect data on physical, psychological, sexual and economic violence, and 
specific forms of violence such as rape and femicide. To improve comparability, EIGE requested 
that Member States provide data on specific offences outlined in the United Nations Office on 
Drugs and Crime’s International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS) 
framework (3).

Physical violence is ‘any act which causes physical harm … as a result of unlawful physical 
force’ (4). Member States were asked to provide data on the ICCS offences of assault (02011), 
deprivation of liberty (02022) and attempted intentional homicide (0102).

 (1)  European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (2017), Terminology and Indicators for Data Collection: Rape, femicide and 
intimate partner violence – Report, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/
publications/terminology-and-indicators-data-collection-rape-femicide-and-intimate-partner-violence-report).

 (2)  See footnote 1.
 (3)  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2015), International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), 

Vienna (https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/statistics/iccs.html).

 (4)  EIGE (2020), Intimate Partner Violence: Data collection methodology, Publications Office of the European Union, 

Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/intimate-partner-violence-data-collection-
methodology?language_content_entity=en).

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EIGE also developed a specific indicator (Indicator 9) to measure femicide. Femicide is the most 
severe form of gender-based violence, and is defined as ‘the killing of a woman or girl because of 
her gender’ (5).

Psychological violence is ‘any act or behaviour which causes psychological harm’ (6). EIGE 
requested data on the ICCS offences of coercion (0205), defamation or insult (0209), harassment 
(02081), threat (02012), stalking (02082), other acts intended to induce fear or emotional 
distress (02089) and breach of justice order (08062).

Sexual violence is ‘any sexual act performed on the victim without consent’ (7). This includes rape 
(03011) and sexual assault (03012). EIGE also developed a specific indicator (Indicator 8) that 
focuses solely on rape.

Economic violence is ‘any act or behaviour which causes economic harm to the partner’ (8). This 
includes other negligence in situations of persons under care (020619), damage of personal 
property (05042), theft of personal property (05022) and forced labour for domestic services 
(020321).

Disaggregation of data by the sex of the victim

All 13 of EIGE’s indicators require data that is disaggregated by the sex of the victim. In 
particular, the indicators measure forms of intimate partner violence and domestic violence that 
occur against ‘female victims’ and ‘total victims’.

Female victims are victims that are described as female and/or as women or girls in data 
collection systems.

The term ‘total victims’ can be understood as any and all victims, regardless of their sex/gender 
identity. This includes female victims, male victims and victims that identify as any other sex/
gender.

Disaggregation of data by the sex of the perpetrator

Only four of EIGE’s indicators request data disaggregated by the sex of the perpetrator. These 
include Indicator 3 (measuring the number of perpetrators recorded by the police) and 

 (5)  EIGE (2022), Femicide Indicators: Pilot study of data availability and feasibility assessment, Vilnius (https://eige.europa.

eu/publications-resources/publications/femicide-indicators-pilot-study-data-availability-and-feasibility-
assessment?language_content_entity=en).

 (6)  EIGE (2020), Intimate Partner Violence: Data collection methodology, Publications Office of the European Union, 

Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/intimate-partner-violence-data-collection-
methodology?language_content_entity=en).

 (7)  See footnote 6.
 (8)  See footnote 6.

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Indicators 11–13 (respectively measuring the number of perpetrators prosecuted, sentenced and 
held in prison or with a sanction involving a form of deprivation of liberty for violence). These 
indicators specifically request data on male perpetrators of violence against victims.

EIGE’s 13 indicators on intimate partner violence and domestic violence

Most of EIGE’s indicators request data that is recorded by the police (Indicators 1–9) (Table 1). 
Four of EIGE’s indicators (10–13) collect data from the justice sector.

Table 1. 

List of EIGE’s 13 indicators on intimate partner violence and domestic violence

EIGE’s police sector indicators (1–9)

Indicator 1

Annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] violence, as 
recorded by the police

Indicator 2

Annual number of reported offences of [intimate partner / domestic / any] violence against 
[female and total] victims, as recorded by the police

Indicator 3

Annual number of male perpetrators of [intimate partner / domestic / any] violence against 
[female and total] victims, as recorded by the police

Indicator 4

Annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] physical 
violence, as recorded by the police

Indicator 5

Annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] 
psychological violence, as recorded by the police

Indicator 6

Annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] sexual 
violence, as recorded by the police

Indicator 7

Annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] economic 
violence, as recorded by the police

Indicator 8

Annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] rape, as 
recorded by the police

Indicator 9

Annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] [femicide/
homicide], as recorded by the police

EIGE’s justice sector indicators (10–13) 

Indicator 10

Annual number of protection orders [applied for and granted] in cases of [intimate partner / 
domestic / any] violence against [female and total] victims

Indicator 11

Annual number of male perpetrators prosecuted for [intimate partner / domestic / any] 
violence against [female and total] victims

Indicator 12

Annual number of male perpetrators sentenced for [intimate partner / domestic / any] 
violence against [female and total] victims

Indicator 13

Number of male perpetrators held in prison or with a sanction involving a form of deprivation 
of liberty for [intimate partner / domestic / any] violence against [female and total] victims on 
31 December of each year

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EIGE’s data collection tool

The data collection tool completed by data providers is a Microsoft Excel questionnaire, written 
in English. It comprises seven tabs, including an introductory tab, a tab for inputting data, four 
metadata tabs (containing statistical, data collection, conceptual and legal metadata) and a 
policy tab. The purpose of each tab is described in Table 2.

Table 2. 

Structure of the data collection tool

Tab

Description

Introduction

Provides the policy context for the data collection exercise and instructions.

Data

Used by data providers to input figures for all 13 indicators.

Statistical metadata

Collects information on the accuracy, comparability and coherence of the data 
provided.

Data collection 
metadata

Collects information on coverage, counting rules and procedures used to derive the 
data.

Conceptual metadata

Collects information on the availability of the various conceptual components (unit of 
analysis, relationship, etc.) for the data provided.

Legal metadata

Collects information on the extent to which the data adheres to specific legal 
definitions and includes specific offences (and misdemeanours if applicable).

Policy

Collects information on recent and/or upcoming policy changes that have affected, or 
will affect, the data collection exercise.

At the start of the data collection exercise, national data providers were sent a methodological 
report describing the indicators and data collection tool in depth (9). The national researchers 
selected for the study also attended a training session to ensure that they were well equipped to 
support data providers to use the data collection tool.

EIGE’s data collection methodology

During the 2023–2024 data collection exercise, EIGE used a four-stage methodology to collect 
data on intimate partner violence and domestic violence across the EU.

•  Stage 1: establish contacts. The first step of EIGE’s methodology involved the establishment 

of national focal points (data providers).

 (9)  EIGE (2023), Methodological Guidance: Administrative data collection on violence against women and domestic violence, 
Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/
methodological-guidance-administrative-data-collection-violence-against-women-and-domestic-violence-0?language_
content_entity=en).

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•  Stage 2: retrieve data and fill in the tool. Next, national data providers filled in the data 
collection tool with the data requested. The data providers were supported by national 
researchers to ensure that the tool was filled in accurately and in a timely manner.

•  Stage 3: validate the data. After data providers and national researchers had filled in the data 

collection tool to the best of their ability, the validation stage began. EIGE worked with 
national researchers and data providers to assure the quality of the data and metadata 
collected. As part of this process, EIGE used Eurostat data to complement three indicators in 
EIGE’s measurement framework (on sexual violence, rape and femicide).

•  Stage 4: review progress and challenges. Finally, national researchers completed a 

questionnaire in which they provided insights on the main challenges and enabling factors 
encountered when collecting data using EIGE’s indicators.

The details in the following subsections are relevant to all 13 of EIGE’s indicators (unless 
otherwise specified). Details on the data collected for each indicator are provided in the 
indicator-specific sections of this report.

Frequency of data collection and reference period

Data is updated once every four years. After Member States transpose Directive (EU) 2024/1385 
in 2027, the data collection exercise will take place on an annual basis.

For Indicators 1–12, EIGE requested data on the number of victims, offences, perpetrators and 
protection orders over a calendar year (i.e. from 1 January until 31 December of a reference 
year). For Indicator 13, EIGE requested data on perpetrators held in prison or with a sanction 
involving a form of deprivation of liberty on 31 December of a reference year.

Details on breaks in time series are indicated in the section on comparability over time. 
Information on issues of comparability regarding the reference periods corresponding to the 
data is provided in the indicator-specific sections of this report, and in the annexes.

Completeness

Gaps in the data for Indicators 1–13 occur when data is not available in some Member States or 
is not available for some years. Further details on the completeness of data are available in the 
indicator-specific sections on reference areas and time coverage.

Accuracy

Table 3 describes the factors that affect the accuracy of the data collected during EIGE’s 2023–
2024 data collection exercise.

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Table 3. 

Factors affecting the accuracy of the data

MS

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

Factors affecting the accuracy of the data

Intimate partner violence and domestic violence data is probably undercounted for Indicators 1–9. 
This issue is less prominent for Indicator 4 (victims of physical violence).
Recording the context of violence is mandatory according to specific circulars, but there is no technical 
requirement in the IT system for the justice sector data. If this context is missed during case encoding, 
it might lead to cases not being identified as intimate partner violence or domestic violence.
Data for Indicator 11 (perpetrators prosecuted) is from public prosecutors’ offices. Cases involving 
minors are handled by youth prosecution offices (and are not included in the data shared with EIGE).

For Indicator 1, domestic violence data may be missing due to the lack of a unified information 
system.

N/A – no accuracy issues were reported.

There is not complete correspondence between the nature of the offences included in the data and 
the indicators as defined.
The data covers Denmark, but not Greenland or the Faroes.
For Indicator 10 (protection orders), there is a higher risk of unidentified errors (as this data is not 
included in the Director of Public Prosecutions’ standard model for managing information).

There is no clear-cut practice for recording victims. All known cases, both solved and unsolved, are 
included in the data.
Police data was collected by a national researcher from publicly available sources. Therefore, there is a 
risk of over- and undercounting, duplicates, and missing data and metadata.

N/A – no accuracy issues were reported.

The Irish Central Statistics Office publishes crime statistics in the category ‘under reservation’. This 
categorisation indicates that the quality of these statistics does not meet the standards required of 
official statistics published by the statistics office.

For the indicators for which data was recorded by the police, domestic violence statistics refer to cases 
of domestic violence that have been reported to the Hellenic Police and for which a relevant case file 
has been compiled.

As not all information on perpetrators’ relationships with victims is available, not all the 
classifications indicated can be made. Data on intimate partner violence for Indicators 2, 3, 10 (partly) 
and 13 refer to ‘gender violence’. 

Over- or undercounting may have occurred due to mistakes in entering codes into the system – for 
example, undercounting where the protection order code is keyed in incorrectly (Indicator 10).
For Indicator 10, figures include overseas territories – both overseas departments (French Guiana, 
Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion) and other territories (French Polynesia, New Caledonia, 
Saint Pierre and Miquelon) – but exclude Wallis and Futuna.
For Indicators 11–13 (perpetrators prosecuted, sentenced and held in prison), figures include overseas 
departments.

Data for the police indicators was collected by a national researcher from publicly available sources. 
Therefore, there is a risk of over- and undercounting, duplicates and missing data.
For Indicator 1 (victims), data on domestic relationship is based on annual reports by the 
Ombudsperson for Gender Equality. Data on violence in any relationship was extracted from the 
annual statistical reports of the Ministry of the Interior, which may not be comparable with data 
obtained from the ombudsperson.

IT

Data was not validated by a data provider after being initially shared with EIGE. For this reason, 
metadata needed to evaluate the data have not been shared for all indicators.

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MS

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

Factors affecting the accuracy of the data

Data was collected by a national researcher from publicly available sources. Therefore, there is a risk 
of over- and undercounting, duplicates and missing data.

N/A – no accuracy issues were reported.

N/A – no accuracy issues were reported.

Data that links specific victims to specific types of offences is not available. Further details on the 
impact that this has on the data are provided in the indicator-specific sections of this report.

For Indicator 10 (protection orders), undercounting may occur as the data does not include protection 
orders granted for crimes committed in accordance with Act IV of 1978 on the Criminal Code.
For Indicator 12 (perpetrators sentenced), overcounting may occur. Since there is no data on types of 
relationship between victims and perpetrators, the crimes taken into account refer to any kind of 
crime.

For indicators focusing on victims of violence, under- and overcounting may occur.

Data for Indicator 6 (sexual violence) was retrieved by a national researcher from online publications.

N/A – no accuracy issues were reported.

Data is prepared according to the entity registering the proceedings (may include crimes committed 
abroad).

N/A – no accuracy issues were reported.

Data for several indicators does not cover information as presented in the ICCS codes.

N/A – no accuracy issues were reported.

N/A – no data was collected in this Member State.

Police do not record the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator. The relationship 
information was retrieved by Statistics Finland from official registers. Therefore, an intimate partner 
relationship cannot be identified if a victim and perpetrator do not officially live together, are not 
married or do not have a common child.
Police do not record data on victims of economic violence (e.g. theft); they collect data on plaintiffs 
only.

SE

Under- and overcounting of data were possible for the data on victims (Indicators 1 and 6–9).

NB: MS, Member State; N/A, not applicable.

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Comparability over time

Table 4 describes factors that affect the comparability of the data over time.

Table 4. 

Factors affecting the comparability of the data over time

MS

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

Factors affecting the comparability of the data over time

For Indicator 6 (victims of sexual violence), the figures on total victims of domestic violence decrease 
notably between 2021 and 2022. The decrease is due to a change in the offence codes and labels 
(used by police officers to register offences). Previously, the labels specified the link between 
perpetrator and victim. Unfortunately, some new labels do not mention the relationship.
In the justice sector, as a result of the deployment of a MACH IT system to replace the REA/TPI system 
(2018–2019), some public prosecutors’ offices saw intimate partner violence and domestic violence 
decrease drastically. This was due to the inadequate encoding of the context in the new system.

N/A – no comparability issues were reported.

For police indicators, a significant change in the recording and counting of victims occurred in 2019. 
For this reason, data for the police sector indicators is only available from 2019 onwards.
For the justice sector indicators, there was a change in the method of data collection in 2022, so the 
data is not fully compatible with previous years.

Changes in legislation may have affected the comparability of data over time.

For many police indicators, not all offences are consistently included in the data across all years. 
Variations in the offences included or excluded over time affect the year-to-year changes in the 
figures.
For Indicator 1, the data in the category 'any relationships' from 2017 and 2018 is from a different 
source than the data for 2019–2022. It is unclear whether the data for 2017–2018 refer specifically to 
violence or to crime more broadly, as information is not available on the offences included in the data 
for 2017 and 2018.
For Indicator 1, the data on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in 2022 is based on a 
different source than the data for previous years. The data from 2022 is not comparable with the 
data prior to 2022 due to an extended selection of offences.

N/A – no comparability issues were reported.

Data on crime detection and suspected perpetrators of violence in any relationship for Indicator 3 
(perpetrators reported) is available only from 2018 onwards. Also for Indicator 3, improved 
governance measures for the classification of crimes were introduced in early 2018, which meant that 
data prior to and after this date was not comparable.

The comparability of data over time may have been impacted when, in 2019, the Greek police changed 
their method of recording data on domestic violence to include all relationships that fall under both 
intimate partner and domestic violence in accordance with the Istanbul Convention.

N/A – no comparability issues were reported.

N/A – no comparability issues were reported.

For Indicator 1, the data on domestic violence was retrieved from reports published by the 
Ombudsperson for Gender Equality. However, the data on violence in any relationship was retrieved 
from reports published by the Ministry of the Interior.
For justice sector data, reporting practices changed due to legislative updates. There are also some 
inconsistencies and missing data due to the migration of data from one case management system to 
another (in 2015). In addition, in 2019, misdemeanour courts merged with municipal courts of general 
jurisdiction, so it is possible that there were errors in reporting.

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MS

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

Factors affecting the comparability of the data over time

N/A – no comparability issues were reported.

N/A – no comparability issues were reported.

N/A – no comparability issues were reported.

For Indicators 2 (victims of domestic violence) and 3 (domestic violence offences), the steep decrease 
in figures between 2015 and 2016 and the increase in figures between 2016 and 2017 are due to 
upgrades to the software of the Criminal Offences Register and changes to the rules for entering data 
into the register in 2016. Not all the indications of offences and suspected persons related to 
domestic violence could be fully entered into the register by investigators at that time.

N/A – no comparability issues were reported.

For Indicator 13 (perpetrators held in prison), changes in data collection systems make it difficult to 
produce the same data content for all the years included in the questionnaire.

Data on the victim–perpetrator relationship was not collected in 2019, so the intimate partner 
violence data shared does not cover this year.
Data on victims of intimate partner violence includes violence perpetrated by both current and former 
spouses/partners for all years except 2021, for which disaggregation of former intimate spouses/
partners is not available.

For Indicator 6 (victims of sexual violence), data comparability may have been impacted in 2018, 
when the ‘principal offence’ rule was removed.

N/A – no comparability issues were reported.

Data may include crimes committed in the previous year and processed in the year for which the data 
was gathered.

N/A – no comparability issues were reported.

The list of offences included in domestic violence was expanded in 2017 and 2020; in 2018, family 
violence was defined as domestic violence; in 2020, cyber violence was introduced as a form of 
domestic violence (this affects Indicators 1–3).
Police data for 2014 covers 1 February to 31 December (not the calendar year).
Regarding Indicator 13 (perpetrators held in prison), in 2014 the Penal Code was changed, which 
resulted in changes in the application of Law 217/2003 on combating and preventing domestic 
violence. Until 1 February, domestic violence was predominantly legislated by Law 217/2003; since the 
Penal Code changed to include acts of domestic violence (Article 199), its application has taken 
priority over that of Law 217/2003. This means that harsher sentences are given to perpetrators 
found guilty of forms of family violence (Article 199 of the Penal Code).

N/A – no comparability issues were reported.

N/A – no data was collected in this Member State.

Sexual harassment was criminalised in 2014 as a separate offence, and new legislation on sexual 
offences entered into force in 2023 (the definition of rape is now based on consent). These changes 
may have increased the number of sexual offences reported to the police, as more acts and forms of 
violence are now covered by law.
There was a large spike in economic violence in 2020 in the category of violence in 'any relationship’. 
This led to a large spike in figures for Indicators 1, 2, and 5 in the category of violence in 'any 
relationship'.

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MS

SE

Factors affecting the comparability of the data over time

For Indicators 2–6, only the years 2020–2022 are comparable and have detailed information on the 
relationship between perpetrators and victims. Statistics on the total number of crimes are available 
and comparable for the entire period from 2014 to 2022. 
For Indicator 8, the statistics have been expanded (becoming more detailed) in steps for the years 
2019, 2020 and 2022. This expansion has made the statistics more accurate, among other things, with 
the aim of aligning the statistics with international standards. Because of these major changes, the 
statistics for the entire period from 2014 to 2022 are not comparable.
For Indicator 9, the basis for these statistics is obtained through a special study. No information on 
perpetrator–victim partnership was retrieved for the years prior to 2017. No other family relationship 
information was retrieved for this study. 
For Indicator 11, only the years 2020–2022 are comparable and have detailed information on the 
relationship between perpetrators and victims. Statistics on the total number of crimes are available 
and comparable for the entire period from 2014 to 2022.

NB: MACH, microservices, application-programming-interface-first, cloud-native and headless; MS, Member State; N/A, not 
applicable.

Sampling error

Sampling error is not applicable, as data collection involved administrative data rather than 
survey data.

Coherence with other datasets

Data for Indicators 1–13 may overlap with data previously collected by EIGE during the 2018–
2020 administrative data collection exercise focusing on intimate partner violence (10). However, 
several differences can also be observed.

Type of violence. The indicators used during the 2023–2024 data collection exercise included 
data on intimate partner violence, domestic violence and violence in ‘any relationship’, whereas 
the previous indicators focused solely on intimate partner violence.

Sex of the victim. The refined indicators collect data on both female and total victims, whereas 
the previous indicators focused solely on female victims.

Sex of the perpetrator. The indicators used during the previous data collection exercise focused 
solely on intimate partner violence committed by male perpetrators. However, only four 
indicators included requirements to provide the sex of the perpetrator during the 2023–2024 
data collection exercise (Indicators 3 and 11–13).

 (10)  EIGE (2021), EIGE’s indicators on intimate partner violence, rape and femicide: EU state of play, Publications Office of the 
European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/eiges-indicators-intimate-
partner-violence-rape-and-femicide-eu-state-play).

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Age of the victim and perpetrator. None of the indicators used during the 2023 data collection 
exercise included requirements to provide the age of the victim or perpetrator, which were 
previously in place.

Data revision

No revisions have been made.

Data collection

Data was collected for 26 out of 27 Member States. No data was collected for Slovakia.

Data was primarily shared with EIGE by national data providers in each Member State, with the 
support of national researchers. However, for four Member States, data was primarily retrieved 
from publicly available sources by national researchers (DE, HR, CY, NL).

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Indicator 1: annual number of 
[female and total] victims of 
[intimate partner / domestic / any] 
violence, as recorded by the police

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 1 is the number of victims. A victim is ‘a natural person who has 
suffered harm, including physical, mental or emotional harm or economic loss which was directly 
caused by a criminal offence’ (11).

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence that occurs 
in intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships and any relationship.

For Indicator 1, EIGE requested data on 16 ICCS offences. These are presented in Table 5.

Table 5. 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 1

Type of violence

ICCS offence

Physical violence

Assault

Deprivation of liberty

Attempted intentional homicide

Psychological violence

Coercion

Defamation or insult

Harassment

Threat

Stalking

Other acts intended to induce fear or emotional distress

Breach of justice order

ICCS code

02011

02022

0102

0205

0209

02081

02012

02082

02089

08062

 (11)  EIGE (n.d.), ‘Victim’, EIGE glossary and thesaurus, accessed 11 November 2024 (https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/

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Type of violence

ICCS offence

Sexual violence

Rape

Sexual assault

Economic violence

Other negligence in situations of persons under care

Damage of personal property

Theft of personal property

Forced labour for domestic services

ICCS code

03011

03012

020619

05042

05022

020321

Reference area

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 21 out of 27 Member States provided data for Indicator 1. 
Table 6 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

Table 6.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 1

Type of Member State

Countries that shared data for Indicator 1

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 1

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

21

6

BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, CY, LV, LT, 
LU, HU, MT, PL, PT, RO, SI, FI

BE, IT, NL, AT, SK (a), SE 

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Overall, 13 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
intimate partner violence for Indicator 1. It is important to note that not all Member States 
shared data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator requirements. 

Figure 1 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

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Indicator 1

Figure 1.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 
Indicator 1, by sex of the victim

Both female and total victims

12

1

14

Only total victims

No data

•  12 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of intimate partner 

violence (CZ, DE, IE, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, MT, PT, SI, FI).

•  1 Member State shared data relating to total victims of intimate partner violence, but not 

female victims of intimate partner violence (RO).

•  14 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence (BE, BG, DK, EE, EL, HR, IT, CY, LU, NL, AT, PL, SK, SE) (12).

Availability of data on domestic violence

More Member States (20 out of 27) shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
domestic violence than intimate partner violence for Indicator 1. Figure 2 shows the number of 
Member States that provided data on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 2.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for Indicator 1, by 
sex of the victim

20

7

Both female and total victims

No data

•  20 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of domestic violence 

(BG, CZ, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, CY, LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, PL, PT, RO, SI, FI).

•  7 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of domestic violence 

(BE, DK, IT, NL, AT, SK, SE) (13).

Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 1 were collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions apply.

•  Bulgaria. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of domestic 

violence.

 (12)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.
 (13)  See footnote 12.

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•  Czechia. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Germany. No data was available for 2014 on female victims of intimate partner violence, for 
2014–2017 on female or total victims of domestic violence, or for 2014–2016 on female or 
total victims of violence in any relationship.

•  Estonia. No data was available for 2014–2016 on female or total victims of domestic violence.

• 

Ireland. No data was available for 2014–2021 on female or total victims of intimate partner 
violence, or domestic violence.

•  France. No data was available for 2014, 2015 or 2022 on female or total victims of intimate  

partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Luxembourg. No data was available for 2014–2017 on female or total victims of domestic 

violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Hungary. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Malta. No data was available for 2014, 2015 or 2019 on female or total victims of intimate 

partner violence, or for 2014–2015 on female or total victims of domestic violence.

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 1, data is considered ‘comparable’ with EIGE’s requirements if it refers to the correct 
unit of measurement (victims), the correct sex of the victim (female and/or total) and the 
correct types of relationship (intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships or any 
relationship). Table 7 lists the countries with comparable data for this indicator based on these 
three factors. 

Table 7.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 1, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

13 Member States: CZ, DE, IE, 
ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, MT, PT, RO, SI, 
FI

8 out of 13 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  CZ. Data excludes partners if they are not officially registered, they do not 

cohabitate and there is not ongoing violence.

•  LV. Data excludes current and former non-cohabitating partners.
•  PT. Data refers to domestic violence by an intimate partner.
•  SI. Data excludes former partners who do not live together, do not have a 

child together or are not officially registered.

•  FI. Data includes only ‘official’ relationships (e.g. it does not include 
relationships in which partners do not officially share a residence).

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Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Domestic violence

20 Member States: BG, CZ, DE, 
EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, CY, LV, LT, 
LU, HU, MT, PL, PT, RO, SI, FI

14 out of 20 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  CZ. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  DE. Data excludes non-married and former partners.
•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties.
•  LV. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  LU. Data refers to victims in cases that include domestic violence, but not 

necessarily victims of domestic violence.

•  FI. Data excludes intimate partners.

Violence in any relationship

14 Member States: BG, CZ, DK, 
DE, IE, ES, FR, HR, LV, LT, LU, HU, 
SI, FI

13 out of 14 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  LU. Data refers to victims in cases that include violence, but not necessarily 

victims of violence.

Although several Member States have shared data that aligns with EIGE’s indicator requirements, 
this data should not be compared with data shared by other Member States. This is mainly due 
to differences regarding the counting rules used across the EU, described in the following 
subsections.

Principal offence rule

Member States may apply the principal offence rule when counting victims, recording only the 
most serious crime in cases with multiple offences. EIGE’s findings indicate that the 21 Member 
States that provided data for this indicator lack a unified approach to applying this rule.

•  11 Member States did not use the principal offence rule to count the number of victims for 

this indicator (DK, EE, EL, ES, FR, HR, LV, LT, LU, HU, SI).

•  8 Member States used the principal offence rule to count the number of victims for this 

indicator (BG, CZ, IE, CY, MT, PT, RO, FI).

•  2 Member States have not clarified whether the principal offence rule was used to count the 

number of victims for this indicator (DE and PL).

Counting victims of multiple (serial) offences

Additionally, in the 21 Member States that shared data for Indicator 1, different approaches 
were used to count victims of multiple (serial) offences.

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•  10 Member States counted victims of multiple (serial) offences as two or more victims (BG, 

DK, DE, EE, ES, HR, HU, MT, SI, FI).

•  6 Member States counted victims of multiple (serial) offences as one victim (CZ, EL, FR, LV, LT, 

PT).

•  3 Member States used different approaches depending on the circumstance. In Ireland, police 
counted victims of multiple (serial) offences as two or more victims if they were harmed by 
two or more offenders, and as one victim if they were harmed by one offender. In 
Luxembourg and Romania, police counted victims of multiple (serial) offences as two or more 
victims if they were included in two more case files, and as one victim if they were only 
included in one case file. 

•  2 Member States have not clarified the rules used to count victims of multiple (serial) 

offences (CY and PL).

Other factors that impact comparability

The comparability of data between Member States is also limited due to differences in data 
collection procedures, the age ranges of the victims considered and the criminal offences 
included in the data. Additional information on these differences is presented in the annexes to 
this report. Further details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy of the data and the 
comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data collection 
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Indicator 2: annual number of 
reported offences of [intimate 
partner / domestic / any] violence 
against [female and total] victims, as 
recorded by the police

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 2 is the number of reported offences. Reported offences are 
defined as ‘incidents that are recorded by … police forces’. A single offence may be recorded in a 
way that counts each contravention of an article of criminal law separately, even if they 
happened within the same criminal event (14).

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence that occurs 
in intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships and any relationship.

For Indicator 2, EIGE requested data on 16 ICCS offences. These are presented in Table 8.

Table 8. 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 2

Type of violence

ICCS offence

Physical violence

Assault

Deprivation of liberty

Attempted intentional homicide

ICCS code

02011

02022

0102

 (14)  EIGE (2019), Police and justice sector data on intimate partner violence against women in the European Union, Publications 
Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/police-and-justice-
sector-data-intimate-partner-violence-against-women-european-union).

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Type of violence

ICCS offence

Psychological violence

Coercion

Defamation or insult

Harassment

Threat

Stalking

Other acts intended to induce fear or emotional distress

Breach of justice order

Sexual violence

Rape

Sexual assault

Economic violence

Other negligence in situations of persons under care

Damage of personal property

Theft of personal property

Forced labour for domestic services

ICCS code

0205

0209

02081

02012

02082

02089

08062

03011

03012

020619

05042

05022

020321

Reference area

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 20 out of 27 Member States provided data for Indicator 2. 
Table 9 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

Table 9.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 2

Type of Member State

Countries that shared data for Indicator 2

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 2

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

20

7

BE, BG, CZ, DK, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, LV, LT, LU, 
HU, MT, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

DE, IT, CY, NL, AT, PL, SK (a)

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

During the data collection exercise, 11 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to offences 
against female and/or total victims of intimate partner violence for Indicator 2. It is important to 
note that not all Member States shared data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator requirements.

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Figure 3 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 3.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 
Indicator 2, by sex of the victim

9

1

1

16

Both female and total victims

Only female victims

Only total victims

No data

•  9 Member States shared data relating to offences against both female and total victims of 

intimate partner violence (CZ, IE, FR, LV, MT, PT, SI, FI, SE).

•  1 Member State shared data relating to offences against only female victims of intimate 

partner violence (ES).

•  1 Member State shared data relating to offences against only total victims of intimate 

partner violence (BE).

•  16 Member States did not share data relating to offences against female or total victims of 

intimate partner violence (BG, DK, DE, EE, EL, HR, IT, CY, LT, LU, HU, NL, AT, PL, RO, SK) (15).

Availability of data on domestic violence

Overall, 17 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to offences against female and/or total 
victims of domestic violence for Indicator 2. Figure 4 shows the number of Member States that 
provided data on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 4.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for Indicator 2, by 
sex of the victim

Both female and total victims

12

5

10

Only total victims

No data

•  12 Member States shared data relating to offences against both female and total victims of 

domestic violence (BG, CZ, IE, FR, HR, LV, LT, MT, PT, SI, FI, SE).

•  5 Member States shared data relating to offences against only total victims of domestic 

violence (BE, EE, EL, LU, RO).

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•  10 Member States did not share data relating to offences against female or total victims of 

domestic violence (DK, DE, ES, IT, CY, HU, NL, AT, PL, SK) (16).

Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 2 were collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions apply.

•  Bulgaria. No data was available for 2014–2018 on offences against female or total victims of 

domestic violence.

•  Czechia. No data was available for 2014–2018 on offences against female or total victims of 

intimate partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Estonia. No data was available for 2014–2016 on offences against total victims of domestic 

violence.

• 

Ireland. No data was available for 2014–2021 on offences against female or total victims of 
intimate partner violence or domestic violence.

•  France. No data was available for 2014, 2015 or 2022 on offences against female or total 
victims of intimate partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Croatia. No data was available for 2014–2016 on offences against female or total victims of 
domestic violence, for 2014–2016 or 2018–2022 on offences against female victims of 
violence in any relationship or for 2014–2016 on offences against total victims of violence in 
any relationship.

•  Luxembourg. No data was available for 2014–2017 on offences against total victims of 

domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Hungary. No data was available for 2014–2018 on offences against total victims of violence 

in any relationship.

•  Malta. No data was available for 2014–2015 or 2019 on offences against female or total 

victims of intimate partner violence, or for 2014–2015 on offences against female or total 
victims of domestic violence.

•  Sweden. No data was available for 2014–2019 on offences against female or total victims of 

intimate partner violence or domestic violence.

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 2, data is considered ‘comparable’ with EIGE’s requirements if it refers to the correct 
unit of measurement (offences), the correct sex of the victim (female and/or total) and the 

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correct types of relationship (intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships or any 
relationship). 

Table 10 lists the Member States with available and comparable data for this indicator, based on 
these three factors.

Table 10.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 2, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

11 Member States: BE, CZ, IE, 
ES, FR, LV, MT, PT, SI, FI, SE

3 out of 11 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data excludes current and former non-cohabitating partners.
•  CZ. Data appears to exclude partners if they are not officially registered, 

they do not cohabitate and there is not ongoing violence.

•  IE. Data refers to crime ‘incidents’.
•  ES. Data refers to the number of reported crimes related to ‘gender violence’ 

against women committed by men (18 years and older).

•  LV. Data excludes current and former non-cohabitating partners.
•  PT. Data refers to domestic violence by an intimate partner.
•  SI. Data appears to exclude former partners who do not live together, do not 

have a child together or are not officially registered.

•  FI. Data includes only ‘official’ relationships (e.g. it does not include 
relationships in which partners do not officially share a residence).

Domestic violence

17 Member States: BE, BG, CZ, 
EE, IE, EL, FR, HR, LV, LT, LU, MT, 
PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

10 out of 17 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to all offences between people with family relationships but 

does not refer to other domestic (non-family) relationships.

•  CZ. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  IE. Data refers to crime ‘incidents’.
•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties.
•  LV. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  LU. Data refers to offences in cases that include domestic violence, but not 

necessarily offences of domestic violence.

•  FI. Data excludes intimate partners.

Violence in any relationship

14 Member States: BE, BG, CZ, 
DK, IE, FR, HR, LV, LT, LU, HU, SI, 
FI, SE

12 out of 14 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  IE. Data refers to crime ‘incidents’.
•  LU. Data refers to offences in cases that include violence, but not necessarily 

offences of violence.

Although several Member States have shared data that aligns with EIGE’s indicator requirements, 
this data should not be compared with data shared by other Member States. This is mainly due 

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to differences regarding the counting rules used across the EU, which are described in the 
following subsections.

Principal offence rule

Member States may apply the principal offence rule, recording only the most serious crime in 
cases with multiple offences. EIGE’s findings indicate that the 20 Member States that provided 
data for this indicator lack a unified approach to applying this rule.

•  13 Member States did not use the principal offence rule to count the number of offences for 

this indicator (BE, DK, EE, EL, FR, HR, LV, LT, LU, HU, SI, FI, SE).

•  6 Member States used the principal offence rule to count the number of offences for this 

indicator (BG, CZ, IE, MT, PT, RO).

•  1 Member State did not clarify whether the principal offence rule was used to count the 

number of offences for this indicator (ES).

Counting multiple (serial) offences that occur between a victim and a perpetrator

In the 20 Member States that shared data for Indicator 2, different approaches were also used to 
count multiple (serial) offences that occured between a victim and a perpetrator in the same year.

•  13 Member States count multiple (serial) offences that occur between a victim and a 

perpetrator in the same year as two or more offences (DK, EE, EL, FR, HR, LV, LT, HU, MT, PT, SI, 
FI, SE).

•  4 Member States count multiple (serial) offences that occur between a victim and a 

perpetrator in the same year as one offence (BE, BG, CZ, IE).

•  2 Member States use different approaches depending on the circumstance. In Luxembourg, if 
the same offence occurs again between the same two people, it is recorded as a new case. 
Due to data protection, individuals receive new IDs for each case, making it impossible to 
determine if multiple offences occur between the same victim and perpetrator within the 
same year. In Romania, if multiple offences are in the same file, only the gravest offence is 
counted. If in separate files, the gravest offence is counted for each file. Multiple offences by 
the same perpetrator in the same year are statistically counted only once.

•  1 Member State does not clarify the rules used to count multiple (serial) offences that occur 

between a victim and a perpetrator in the same year (ES).

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Counting offences committed by more than one person

Member States also adopt different approaches to count offences committed by more than one 
person. In the 20 Member States that shared data for Indicator 2:

•  14 Member States count offences committed by more than one person as one offence (BE, 

CZ, DK, EE, EL, LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, PT, RO, FI, SE);

•  4 Member States count offences committed by more than one person as two more offences 

(BG, IE, FR, SI);

•  2 Member States have not clarified the rules used to offences committed by more than one 

person (ES and HR).

Other factors that impact comparability

The comparability of data between Member States is also limited due to differences in data 
collection procedures, the age ranges of the victims considered and the criminal offences 
included in the data. Additional information on these differences is presented in the annexes to 
this report. Further details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy of the data and the 
comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data collection 
methodology.

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Indicator 3: annual number of male 
perpetrators of [intimate partner / 
domestic / any] violence against 
[female and total] victims, as 
recorded by the police

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 3 is the number of perpetrators. A perpetrator is defined as a 
person ‘brought into formal contact with the police and suspected / arrested or cautioned for a 
criminal offence of IPV [intimate partner violence]’ (17).

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence that occurs 
in intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships and any relationship.

For Indicator 3, EIGE requested data on 16 ICCS offences. These are presented in Table 11.

Table 11. 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 3

Type of violence

ICCS offence

Physical violence

Assault

Deprivation of liberty

Attempted intentional homicide

ICCS code

02011

02022

0102

 (17)  EIGE (2019), Police and justice sector data on intimate partner violence against women in the European Union, Publications 
Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/police-and-justice-
sector-data-intimate-partner-violence-against-women-european-union).

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ICCS offence

Psychological violence

Coercion

Defamation or insult

Harassment

Threat

Stalking

Other acts intended to induce fear or emotional distress

Breach of justice order

Sexual violence

Rape

Sexual assault

Economic violence

Other negligence in situations of persons under care

Damage of personal property

Theft of personal property

Forced labour for domestic services

Indicator 3

ICCS code

0205

0209

02081

02012

02082

02089

08062

03011

03012

020619

05042

05022

020321

Reference area

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 21 out of 27 Member States provided data for Indicator 3. 
Table 12 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

Table 12.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 3

Type of Member State

Countries that shared data for Indicator 3

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 3

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

21

6

BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, LT, LU, 
HU, MT, PL, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

IT, CY, LV, NL, AT, SK (a)

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Overall, 12 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators of intimate 
partner violence against female and/or total victims for Indicator 3. It is important to note that 
not all Member States shared data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator requirements.

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Figure 5 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 5.  Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators of intimate 
partner violence for Indicator 3, by sex of the victim

8

1

3

15

Both female and total victims

Only female victims

Only total victims

No data

•  8 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators of intimate partner violence 

against both female and total victims (CZ, IE, HU, MT, PT, SI, FI, SE).

•  1 Member State shared data relating to male perpetrators of intimate partner violence 

against only female victims (ES).

•  3 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators of intimate partner violence 

against only total victims (BE, DE, FR).

•  15 Member States did not share data relating to male perpetrators of intimate partner 

violence against female or total victims (BG, DK, EE, EL, HR, IT, CY, LV, LT, LU, NL, AT, PL, RO, 
SK) (18).

Availability with data on domestic violence

Overall, 20 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators of domestic 
violence against female and/or total victims for Indicator 3. Figure 6 shows the number of 
Member States that provided data on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 6.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for Indicator 3, by 
sex of the victim

Both female and total victims

9

11

7

Only total victims

No data

•  9 Member shared data relating to male perpetrators of domestic violence against both female 

and total victims (CZ, EE, IE, HU, MT, PT, SI, FI, SE).

•  11 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators of domestic violence against 

only total victims (BE, BG, DE, EL, ES, FR, HR, LT, LU, PL, RO).

 (18)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

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•  7 Member States did not share data relating to male perpetrators of domestic violence 

against female or total victims (DK, IT, CY, LV, NL, AT, SK) (19).

Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 3 were collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions apply.

•  Bulgaria. No data was available for 2014–2018 on perpetrators against total victims of 

domestic violence.

•  Czechia. No data was available for 2014–2018 on perpetrators against female or total victims 

of intimate partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Germany. No data was available for 2014 on perpetrators against total victims of intimate 

partner violence, or for 2014–2021 on perpetrators against total victims of domestic violence.

•  Estonia. No data was available for 2014–2016 on perpetrators against female and total 

victims of domestic violence.

• 

Ireland. No data was available for 2014–2021 on perpetrators against female or total victims 
of intimate partner violence or domestic violence, or for 2014–2017 on perpetrators against 
female or total victims of violence in any relationship.

•  France. No data was available for 2014–2015 or 2022 on perpetrators against total victims of 

intimate partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Croatia. No data was available for 2014–2016 on perpetrators against total victims of 

domestic violence.

•  Luxembourg. No data was available for 2014–2017 on perpetrators against female or total 

victims of domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Hungary. No data was available for 2014–2018 on perpetrators against female or total 
victims of intimate partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Malta. No data was available for 2014–2015 or 2019 on perpetrators against female or total 

victims of intimate partner violence or domestic violence.

•  Sweden. No data was available for 2014–2019 on perpetrators against female or total victims 

of intimate partner violence or domestic violence.

Comparability to EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 3, data is considered ‘comparable’ if it refers to the correct unit of measurement 
(perpetrators), the correct sex of the victim (female and total), the correct sex of the perpetrator 

 (19)  See footnote 18.

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(male) and the correct types of relationships (intimate partner relationships, domestic 
relationships or any relationship).

Table 13 lists the Member States with available and comparable data for this indicator based on 
these four factors.

Table 13.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 3, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

12 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
IE, ES, FR, HU, MT, PT, SI, FI, SE

5 out of 12 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data excludes current and former non-cohabitating partners.
•  CZ. Data appears to exclude partners if they are not officially registered, 

they do not cohabitate and there is not ongoing violence.

•  IE. Data refers to persons detected by police for reported crimes.
•  ES. Data refers to perpetrators reported for ‘gender violence’, rather than 

intimate partner violence.

•  PT. Data refers to domestic violence by an intimate partner.
•  SI. Data appears to exclude former partners who do not live together, do not 

have a child together or are not officially registered.

•  FI. Data includes only ‘official’ relationships (e.g. it does not include 
relationships in which partners do not officially share a residence).

Domestic violence

20 Member States: BE, BG, CZ, 
DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, LT, LU, 
HU, MT, PL, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

13 out of 20 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to family relationships but does not refer to other domestic 

(non-family) relationships.

•  CZ. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  DE. Data excludes non-married and former partners.
•  IE. Data refers to persons detected by police for reported crimes.
•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties (e.g. housemates are not included).
•  LU. Data refers to male perpetrators in cases of domestic violence.
•  FI. Data excludes intimate partners.

Violence in any relationship

13 Member States: BE, CZ, DK, 
IE, ES, FR, HR, LT, LU, HU, SI, FI, 
SE

11 out of 13 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  IE. Data refers to persons detected by police for reported crimes.
•  LU. Data refers to the number of male perpetrators in cases of violence.

Although several Member States have shared data that aligns with EIGE’s indicator requirements, 
this data should not be compared with data shared by other Member States. This is mainly due 
to differences regarding the counting rules used across the EU, which are described in the 
following subsections.

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Principal offence rule

Member States may apply the principal offence rule to count perpetrators, recording only the 
most serious crime in cases with multiple offences. EIGE’s findings indicate that the 21 Member 
States that provided data for this indicator lack a unified approach to applying this rule.

•  10 Member States did not use the principal offence rule to count the number of perpetrators 

for this indicator (BE, EE, EL, FR, LT, LU, HU, SI, FI, SE).

•  9 Member States used the principal offence rule to count the number of perpetrators for this 

indicator (BG, CZ, DK, IE, ES, HR, MT, PT, RO).

•  2 Member States did not clarify whether the principal offence rule was used to count the 

number of perpetrators for this indicator (DE and PL).

Counting perpetrators of multiple (serial) offences

In the 21 Member States that shared data for Indicator 3, different approaches were also used to 
count perpetrators of multiple (serial) offences:

•  11 Member States count perpetrators of multiple (serial) offences as one person (BE, BG, CZ, 

EL, ES, FR, HR, LT, PT, FI, SE).

•  5 Member States count perpetrators of multiple (serial) offences as two or more persons (DK, 

EE, HU, MT, SI).

•  3 Member States use different approaches depending on the circumstance. In Ireland, police 

count perpetrators of multiple (serial) offences as two or more perpetrators if they harm two 
or more victims, and as one perpetrator if they harm one victim. In Luxembourg and Romania, 
police count perpetrators of multiple (serial) offences as two or more persons if they are 
included in two or more case files, and as one perpetrator if they are only included in one case 
file. 

•  2 Member States did not clarify the rules used to count perpetrators of multiple (serial) 

offences (DE and PL).

Counting perpetrators of offences committed by more than one person

Conversely, Member States typically follow a uniform approach to count perpetrators of offences 
committed by more than one person. In the 21 Member States that shared data for Indicator 3:

•  18 Member States count perpetrators of offences committed by more than one person as 

two or more persons (BE, BG, CZ, DK, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, LT, LU, HU, MT, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE);

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•  3 Member States did not clarify the rules used to count perpetrators of offences committed 

by more than one person (DE, HR, PL).

Other factors that impact comparability

The comparability of data between Member States is also limited due to differences in data 
collection procedures, the age ranges of the victims and perpetrators considered, and the 
criminal offences included in the data. Additional information on these differences is presented 
in the annexes to this report. Further details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy of 
the data and the comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data 
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[female and total] victims of 
[intimate partner / domestic / any] 
physical violence, as recorded by the 
police

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 4 is the number of victims. A victim is ‘a natural person who has 
suffered harm … which was directly caused by a criminal offence’ (20). Indicator 4 specifically 
collects data on victims of physical violence. Physical violence refers to ‘any act which causes 
physical harm … as a result of unlawful physical force’ (21).

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on physical violence that occurs in intimate partner relationships, 
domestic relationships and any relationship.

For Indicator 4, EIGE requested data on three ICCS offences. These are presented in Table 14.

Table 14. 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 4

Type of violence

ICCS offence

Physical violence

Assault

Deprivation of liberty

Attempted intentional homicide

ICCS code

02011

02022

0102

 (20)  EIGE (n.d.), ‘Victim’, EIGE glossary and thesaurus, accessed 11 November 2024 (https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/

terms/1424).

 (21)  EIGE (2020), Intimate Partner Violence: Data collection methodology, Publications Office of the European Union, 

Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/intimate-partner-violence-data-collection-
methodology?language_content_entity=en).

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Reference area

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 22 out of 27 Member States provided data for Indicator 4. 
Table 15 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

Table 15.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 4

Type of Member State

Countries that shared data for Indicator 4

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 4

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

22

5

BE, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, CY, LV, 
LT, LU, HU, MT, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

BG, NL, AT, PL, SK (a)

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Overall, 15 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
physical intimate partner violence for Indicator 4. It is important to note that not all Member 
States shared data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator requirements.

Figure 7 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 7.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 
Indicator 4, by sex of the victim

Both female and total victims

13

2

12

Only total victims

No data

•  13 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of physical intimate 

partner violence (CZ, DE, IE, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, MT, PT, SI, FI, SE).

•  2 Member States shared data relating to only total victims of physical intimate partner 

violence (BE and RO).

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•  12 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of physical intimate 

partner violence (BG, DK, EE, EL, HR, IT, CY, LU, NL, AT, PL, SK) (22).

Availability of data on domestic violence

Overall, 19 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
physical domestic violence for Indicator 4. Figure 8 shows the number of Member States that 
provided data on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 8.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for Indicator 4, by 
sex of the victim

16

3

8

Only total victims

No data

Both female and total victims

•  16 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of physical domestic 

violence (CZ, DE, EE, IE, ES, FR, LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE).

•  3 Member States shared data relating to only total victims of physical domestic violence (BE, 

EL, CY).

•  8 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of physical domestic 

violence (BG, DK, HR, IT, NL, AT, PL, SK) (23).

Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 4 was collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions apply.

•  Czechia. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Germany. No data was available for 2014 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, for 2014–2017 on female or total victims of domestic violence, or for 2014–2018 on 
female or total victims of violence in any relationship.

•  Estonia. No data was available for 2014–2016 on female or total victims of domestic violence.

• 

Ireland. No data was available for 2014–2021 on female or total victims of intimate partner 
violence or domestic violence.

 (22)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.
 (23)  See footnote 22.

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•  Greece. No data was available for 2014–2020 on total victims of domestic violence.

•  France. No data was available for 2014–2015 or 2022 on female or total victims of intimate 

partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Luxembourg. No data was available for 2014–2017 on female or total victims of domestic 

violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Hungary. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Malta. No data was available for 2014–2015 or 2019 on female or total victims of intimate 

partner violence, or for 2014–2015 on female or total victims of domestic violence.

•  Sweden. No data was available for 2014–2019 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence or domestic violence.

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 4, data is considered ‘comparable’ if it refers to the correct unit of measurement 
(victims), the correct sex of the victim (female and total) and the correct types of relationship 
(intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships or any relationship).

Table 16 lists the Member States with available and comparable data for this indicator.

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Table 16.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 4, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

15 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
IE, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, MT, PT, RO, 
SI, FI, SE

6 out of 15 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims; data excludes current and former 

non-cohabitating partners.

•  CZ. Data excludes partners if they are not officially registered, they do not 

cohabitate and there is not ongoing violence.

•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as a form 

of physical violence.

•  LV. Data excludes current and former non-cohabitating partners.
•  MT. Data refers to offences, not victims.
•  PT. Data refers to domestic violence by an intimate partner.
•  SI. Data appears to exclude former partners who do not live together, do not 

have a child together or are not officially registered.

•  FI. Data includes only ‘official’ relationships (e.g. it does not include 
relationships in which partners do not officially share a residence).

•  SE. Data refers to offences, not victims.

Domestic violence

19 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, CY, LV, LT, LU, 
HU, MT, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

8 out of 19 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims; data refers to all offences between 

people with family relationships but does not refer to other domestic 
(non-family) relationships (e.g. friends who share the same residence are 
not included).

•  CZ. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  DE. Data excludes non-married and former partners.
•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as a form 

of physical violence.

•  EL. Data refers to domestic violence incidents involving physical violence.
•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties (e.g. housemates are not included).

•  LV. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  LU. Data represents victims in cases of physical domestic violence. They are 

not necessarily victims of physical domestic violence.

•  MT. Data refers to offences, not victims.
•  FI. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  SE. Data refers to offences, not victims.

Violence in any relationship

16 Member States: BE, CZ, DK, 
DE, IE, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, LU, 
HU, SI, FI, SE

12 out of 16 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims.
•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as a form 

of physical violence.

•  LU. Data represents victims in cases of physical violence. They are not 

necessarily victims of physical violence.
•  SE. Data refers to offences, not victims.

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Although several Member States have shared data that aligns with EIGE’s indicator requirements, 
this data should not be compared with data shared by other Member States. This is mainly due 
to differences regarding the counting rules used across the EU.

Member States may apply the principal offence rule when counting victims, recording only the 
most serious crime in cases with multiple offences. EIGE’s findings indicate that Member States 
lack a unified approach to applying the principal offence rule. Member States also apply different 
rules to count victims of multiple (serial) offences.

The comparability of data between Member States is also limited due to differences in data 
collection procedures, the age ranges of the victims considered and the criminal offences 
included in the data. Additional information on these differences is presented in the annexes to 
this report. Further details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy of the data and the 
comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data collection 
methodology.

Comparability of offences

For Indicator 4, EIGE requested that Member States provide data on three ICCS codes related to 
physical violence: assault (02011), deprivation of liberty (02022) and attempted intentional 
homicide (0102).

Of the 22 Member States with data available for this indicator, 12 provided data that includes or 
partly includes all three ICCS offences requested for this indicator (BE, CZ, DK, EE, IE, ES, IT, LV, 
RO, SI, FI, SE).

Table 17 provides an overview of the ICCS offences included in the data for Indicator 4, for the 22 
Member States.

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Table 17.  Offences included in the data for Indicator 4

ICCS offence

Status of offence (a)

Assault (02011)

Included or partly 
included

Not included

No information 
shared

No

18

0

4

List of Member States

BE, CZ, DK, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, LU, MT, RO, 
SI, FI, SE

N/A

DE, CY, HU, PT

Deprivation of liberty 
(02022)

Included or partly 
included

14

BE, CZ, DK, EE, IE, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, RO, SI, FI, SE

Not included

No information 
shared

4

4

EL, LT, LU, MT

DE, CY, HU, PT

Attempted intentional 
homicide (0102)

Included or partly 
included

12

BE, CZ, DK, EE, IE, ES, IT, LV, RO, SI, FI, SE

Not included

No information 
shared

Included or partly 
included

Included or partly 
included

6

4

4

3

EL, FR, HR, LT, LU, MT

DE, CY, HU, PT

DK, IE, LU, SE (b)

DK, DE, IT (c)

Other ICCS offences

Other offences or 
misdemeanours

(a)  ‘Included or partly included’ refers to the responses ‘yes’ and ‘partly’; ‘not included’ refers to the response ‘no’; ‘no 

information shared’ refers to the response ‘don’t know’, when no response was provided, and when Member States do not 
map offences using the ICCS framework.

(b)  Not every Danish offence code has been mapped against the ICCS codes; therefore, additional offences may have been 

included in the data; Irish data includes poisoning (020111), false imprisonment (020222), hijacking of a vehicle, aircraft or 
vessel (020223) and abduction (0202); Luxembourgish data includes negligence (0206), although EIGE classifies this under 
economic violence; Swedish data includes acts intended to induce fear or emotional distress (0208), although EIGE 
classifies this under psychological violence.

(c)  Not every Danish offence code has been mapped against the ICCS codes; therefore, additional offences may have been 

included in the data; German data on intimate partner violence, domestic violence and any violence includes murder and 
manslaughter, dangerous bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, bodily harm resulting in death, intentional bodily harm and 
deprivation of liberty. Data in the category of domestic violence and any violence also includes the female genital 
mutilation and abuse of those under protection; Italian data includes maltreatment in the family, beatings and 
deformation of the face.

NB: N/A, not applicable.

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Indicator 5: annual number of 
[female and total] victims of 
[intimate partner / domestic / any] 
psychological violence, as recorded by 
the police

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 5 is the number of victims. A victim is ‘a natural person who has 
suffered harm … which was directly caused by a criminal offence’ (24). Indicator 5 specifically 
collects data on victims of psychological violence. Psychological violence refers to ‘any act or 
behaviour which causes psychological harm’ (25).

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on psychological violence that occurs in intimate partner 
relationships, domestic relationships and any relationship.

For Indicator 5, EIGE requested data on seven ICCS offences. These are presented in Table 18.

 (24)  EIGE (n.d.), ‘Victim’, EIGE glossary and thesaurus, accessed 11 November 2024 (https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/

terms/1424).

 (25)  EIGE (2020), Intimate Partner Violence: Data collection methodology, Publications Office of the European Union, 

Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/intimate-partner-violence-data-collection-
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ICCS offences requested for Indicator 5

Type of violence

ICCS offence

Psychological violence

Coercion

Defamation or insult

Harassment

Threat

Stalking

Other acts intended to induce fear or emotional distress

Breach of justice order

Indicator 5

ICCS code

0205

0209

02081

02012

02082

02089

08062

Reference area

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 22 out of 27 Member States provided data for Indicator 5. 
Table 19 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

Table 19.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 5

Type of Member State

Countries that shared data for Indicator 5

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 5

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

22

5

BE, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, CY, LV, 
LT, LU, HU, MT, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

BG, NL, AT, PL, SK (a)

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Overall, 15 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
psychological intimate partner violence for Indicator 5. It is important to note that not all 
Member States shared data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator requirements.

Figure 9 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

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Figure 9.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 
Indicator 5, by sex of the victim

Both female and total victims

13

2

12

Only total victims

No data

•  13 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of psychological 

intimate partner violence (CZ, DE, IE, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, MT, PT, SI, FI, SE).

•  2 Member States shared data relating to only total victims of psychological intimate partner 

violence (BE and RO).

•  12 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of psychological 

intimate partner violence (BG, DK, EE, EL, HR, IT, CY, LU, NL, AT, PL, SK) (26).

Availability of data on domestic violence

Overall, 19 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
psychological domestic violence for Indicator 5. Figure 10 shows the number of Member States 
that provided data on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 10.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for Indicator 5, by 
sex of the victim

16

3

8

Only total victims

No data

Both female and total victims

•  16 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of psychological 

domestic violence (CZ, DE, EE, IE, ES, FR, LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE).

•  3 Member States shared data relating to only total victims of psychological domestic violence 

(BE, EL, CY).

•  8 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of psychological 

domestic violence (BG, DK, HR, IT, NL, AT, PL, SK) (27).

 (26)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.
 (27)  See footnote 26.

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Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 5 were collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions apply.

•  Czechia. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Germany. No data was available for 2014 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, for 2014–2017 on female or total victims of domestic violence, or for 2014–2018 on 
female or total victims of violence in any relationship.

•  Estonia. No data was available for 2014–2016 on female or total victims of domestic violence.

• 

Ireland. No data was available for 2014–2021 on female or total victims of intimate partner 
violence or domestic violence.

•  Greece. No data was available for 2014–2020 on total victims of domestic violence.

•  France. No data was available for 2014–2015 or 2022 on female or total victims of intimate 

partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Luxembourg. No data was available for 2014–2017 on female or total victims of domestic 

violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Hungary. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Malta. No data was available for 2014–2015 or 2019 on female or total victims of intimate 

partner violence, or for 2014–2015 on female or total victims of domestic violence.

•  Sweden. No data was available for 2014–2019 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence or domestic violence.

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 5, data is considered ‘comparable’ if it refers to the correct unit of measurement 
(victims), the correct sex of the victim (female and total) and the correct types of relationship 
(intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships or any relationship).

Table 20 lists the Member States with available and comparable data for this indicator based on 
these three factors.

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Table 20.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 5, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

15 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
IE, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, MT, PT, RO, 
SI, FI, SE

6 out of 15 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims; data excludes current and former 

non-cohabitating partners.

•  CZ. Data appears to exclude partners if they are not officially registered, 

they do not cohabitate and there is not ongoing violence.

•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as a form 

of psychological violence.

•  LV. Data excludes current and former non-cohabitating partners.
•  MT. Data refers to offences, not victims.
•  PT. Data refers to domestic violence by an intimate partner.
•  SI. Data appears to exclude former partners who do not live together, do not 

have a child together or are not officially registered.

•  FI. Data includes only ‘official’ relationships (e.g. it does not include 
relationships in which partners do not officially share a residence).

•  SE. Data refers to offences, not victims.

Domestic violence

19 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, CY, LV, LT, LU, 
HU, MT, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

8 out of 19 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims; data refers to all offences between 

people with family relationships but does not refer to other domestic 
(non-family) relationships (e.g. friends who share the same residence are 
not included).

•  CZ. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  DE. Data excludes non-married and former partners.
•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as a form 

of psychological violence.

•  EL. Data refers to domestic violence incidents involving psychological 

violence.

•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties (e.g. housemates are not included).

•  LV. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  LU. Data represents victims in cases of domestic violence including 

psychological violence. They are not necessarily victims of psychological 
domestic violence.

•  MT. Data refers to offences, not victims.
•  FI. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  SE. Data refers to offences, not victims. 

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Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Violence in any relationship

16 Member States: BE, CZ, DK, 
DE, IE, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, LU, 
HU, SI, FI, SE

12 out of 16 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims.
•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as a form 

of psychological violence.

•  LU. Data represents victims in cases of psychological violence. They are not 

necessarily victims of psychological violence.

•  SE. Data refers to offences, not victims.

Although several Member States have shared data that aligns with EIGE’s indicator requirements, 
this data should not be compared with data shared by other Member States. This is mainly due 
to differences regarding the counting rules used across the EU.

Member States may apply the principal offence rule when counting victims, recording only the 
most serious crime in cases with multiple offences. EIGE’s findings indicate that Member States 
lack a unified approach to applying the principal offence rule. Member States also apply different 
approaches to count victims of multiple (serial) offences.

The comparability of data between Member States is also limited due to differences in data 
collection procedures, the age ranges of the victims considered and the criminal offences 
included in the data. Additional information on these differences is presented in the annexes to 
this report. Further details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy of the data and the 
comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data collection 
methodology.

Comparability of offences

For Indicator 5, EIGE requested that Member States provide data on seven ICCS codes related to 
psychological violence: coercion (0205), defamation or insult (0209), harassment (02081), threat 
(02012), stalking (02082), other acts intended to induce fear or emotional distress (02089) and 
breach of justice order (08062).

Of the 22 Member States with data available for this indicator, 3 provided data that includes all 
seven ICCS offences requested for this indicator (EE, ES, LV).

Table 21 provides an overview of the ICCS offences included in the data for Indicator 5, for the 22 
Member States.

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Table 21.  Offences included in the data for Indicator 5

ICCS offence

Coercion (0205)

Status of offence (a)

Included or partly 
included

Not included

No information 
shared

No

15

1

6

List of Member States

BE, CZ, DK, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, RO, SI, FI, SE

LT

DE, CY, LU, HU, MT, PT

Defamation or insult 
(0209)

Included or partly 
included

12

BE, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, LU, SI

Harassment (02081)

Threat (02012)

Stalking (02082)

Other acts intended to 
induce fear or emotional 
distress (02089)

Not included

No information 
shared

Included or partly 
included

Not included

No information 
shared

Included or partly 
included

Not included

No information 
shared

Included or partly 
included

Not included

No information 
shared

Included or partly 
included

Not included

No information 
shared

5

5

IE, EL, RO, FI, SE

DE, CY, HU, MT, PT

11

BE, EE, IE, ES, FR, HR, LV, LU, RO, SI, SE

6

5

17

0

5

CZ, DK, EL, IT, LT, FI

DE, CY, HU, MT, PT

BE, CZ, DK, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, LU, RO, SI, 
FI, SE

N/A

DE, CY, HU, MT, PT

16

BE, CZ, DK, EE, IE, EL, ES, HR, IT, LV, LT, LU, RO, SI, FI, SE

1

5

9

8

5

FR

DE, CY, HU, MT, PT

CZ, DK, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, LV, LU

BE, HR, IT, LT, RO, SI, FI, SE

DE, CY, HU, MT, PT

Breach of justice order 
(08062)

Included or partly 
included

12

BE, CZ, DK, EE, IE, ES, FR, HR, LV, RO, SI, SE

Other ICCS offences

Not included

No information 
shared

Included or partly 
included

5

5

4

EL, IT, LT, LU, FI

DE, CY, HU, MT, PT

DK, IE, LU, RO (b)

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ICCS offence

Status of offence (a)

Other offences or 
misdemeanours

Included or partly 
included

No

2

List of Member States

DK, DE (c)

(a)  ‘Included or partly included’ refers to the responses ‘yes’ and ‘partly’; ‘not included’ refers to the response ‘no’; ‘no 

information shared’ refers to the response ‘don’t know’, when no response was provided, and when Member States do not 
map offences using the ICCS framework.

(b)  Not every Danish offence code has been mapped against the ICCS codes; therefore, additional offences may have been 

included in the data; Irish data includes demanding payment of debt causing alarm (this may fall under 0205), family law 
offences (0806), menacing phone calls (08019/02089), distributing/publishing/recording intimate images (08022), 
distributing grossly offensive communication to cause harm (08022), recording intimate images causing interference/
alarm (08022), and prohibition/incitement to hatred (080322/0209); Luxembourgish data includes acts that trespass 
against the person (0211); and Romanian data includes invasion of privacy (02111).

(c)  Not every Danish offence code has been mapped against the ICCS codes; therefore, additional offences may have been 
included in the data; German data on intimate partner violence, domestic violence and any violence includes threat, 
stalking, coercion, abduction of minors and sexual harassment. Data in the category on domestic violence and any violence 
also includes forced marriage.

NB: N/A, not applicable.

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Indicator 6: annual number of 
[female and total] victims of 
[intimate partner / domestic / any] 
sexual violence, as recorded by the 
police

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 6 is the number of victims. A victim is ‘a natural person who has 
suffered harm … which was directly caused by a criminal offence’ (28). Indicator 6 specifically 
collects data on victims of sexual violence. Sexual violence refers to ‘any sexual act performed 
on the victim without consent’ (29).

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on sexual violence that occurs in intimate partner relationships, 
domestic relationships and any relationship.

For Indicator 6, EIGE requested data on two ICCS offences. These are presented in Table 22.

Table 22. 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 6

Type of violence

ICCS offence

Sexual violence

Rape

Sexual assault

ICCS code

03011

03012

 (28)  EIGE (n.d.), ‘Victim’, EIGE glossary and thesaurus, accessed 11 November 2024 (https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/

terms/1424).

 (29)  EIGE (2020), Intimate Partner Violence: Data collection methodology, Publications Office of the European Union, 

Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/intimate-partner-violence-data-collection-
methodology?language_content_entity=en).

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Reference area

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 26 out of 27 Member States provided data for Indicator 6. 
Table 23 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

Table 23.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 6

Type of Member State

Countries that shared data for Indicator 6

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 6

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

26

1

BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, CY, 
LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, NL, AT, PL, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

SK (a)

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Overall, 14 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
sexual intimate partner violence for Indicator 6. It is important to note that not all Member 
States shared data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator requirements.

Figure 11 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 11.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 
Indicator 6, by sex of the victim

12

2

13

Both female and total victims

Only total victims

No data

•  12 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of sexual intimate 

partner violence (CZ, DE, IE, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, PT, SI, FI, SE).

•  2 Member States shared data relating to only total victims of sexual intimate partner violence 

(BE and RO).

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•  13 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of sexual intimate 

partner violence (BG, DK, EE, EL, HR, IT, CY, LU, MT, NL, AT, PL, SK) (30).

Availability of data on domestic violence

Overall, 18 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
sexual domestic violence for Indicator 6. Figure 12 shows the number of Member States that 
provided data on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 12.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for Indicator 6, by 
sex of the victim

15

3

9

Only total victims

No data

Both female and total victims

•  15 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of sexual domestic 

violence (CZ, DE, EE, IE, ES, FR, LV, LT, LU, HU, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE).

•  3 Member States shared data relating to only total victims of sexual domestic violence (BE, 

EL, CY).

•  9 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of sexual domestic 

violence (BG, DK, HR, IT, MT, NL, AT, PL, SK) (31).

Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 6 were collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions apply.

•  Czechia. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Germany. No data was available for 2014 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, or for 2014–2017 on female or total victims of domestic violence.

•  Estonia. No data was available for 2014–2016 on female or total victims of domestic violence.

• 

Ireland. No data was available for 2014–2021 on female or total victims of intimate partner 
violence or domestic violence.

 (30)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.
 (31)  See footnote 30. 

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•  Greece. No data was available for 2014–2020 on total victims of domestic violence, or for 

2022 on female or total victims of violence in any relationship.

•  France. No data was available for 2014–2015 or 2022 on female or total victims of intimate 

partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Luxembourg. No data was available for 2014–2017 on female or total victims of domestic 

violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Hungary. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Netherlands. No data was available for 2014–2015 on female or total victims of violence in 

any relationship.

•  Austria. No data was available for 2022 on female or total victims of violence in any 

relationship.

•  Poland. No data was available for 2014–2015 or 2022 on female victims of violence in any 

relationship, or for 2022 on total victims of violence in any relationship.

•  Romania. No data was available for 2014–2016 or 2022 on female or total victims of violence 

in any relationship.

•  Sweden. No data was available for 2014–2019 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence or domestic violence.

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 6, data is considered ‘comparable’ if it refers to the correct unit of measurement 
(victims), the correct sex of the victim (female and total) and the correct types of relationships 
(intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships or any relationship).

Table 24 lists the Member States with available and comparable data for this indicator based on 
these three factors.

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Table 24.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 6, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

14 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
IE, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, PT, RO, SI, 
FI, SE

5 out of 14 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims; data excludes current and former 

non-cohabitating partners.

•  CZ. Data excludes partners if they are not officially registered, they do not 

cohabitate and there is not ongoing violence.

•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as a form 

of sexual violence.

•  LV. Data excludes current and former non-cohabitating partners.
•  LT. Data on total victims of intimate partner sexual violence only refers to 

female victims.

•  PT. Data refers to domestic violence by an intimate partner.
•  SI. Data appears to exclude former partners who do not live together, do not 

have a child together or are not officially registered.

•  FI. Data includes only ‘official’ relationships (e.g. it does not include 
relationships in which partners do not officially share a residence).

•  SE. Data refers to offences, not victims.

Domestic violence

18 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, CY, LV, LT, LU, 
HU, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

8 out of 18 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims; data refers to all offences between 

people with family relationships but does not refer to other domestic 
(non-family) relationships (e.g. friends who share the same residence are 
not included).

•  CZ. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  DE. Data excludes non-married and former partners.
•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as a form 

of sexual violence.

•  EL. Data refers to incidents involving sexual violence.
•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties (e.g. housemates are not included).

•  LV. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  LU. Data represents victims in cases of domestic violence that include sexual 
violence. They are not necessarily victims of that sexual domestic violence.

•  FI. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  SE. Data refers to offences, not victims.

Violence in any relationship

23 Member States: BE, BG, CZ, 
DK, DE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, 
LT, LU, HU, MT, NL, AT, PL, RO, 
SI, FI, SE

19 out of 23 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims.
•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as a form 

of sexual violence.

•  LU. Data represents victims in cases of sexual violence. They are not 

necessarily victims of sexual violence.
•  SE. Data refers to offences, not victims.

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Although several Member States have shared data that aligns with EIGE’s indicator requirements, 
this data should not be compared with data shared by other Member States. This is mainly due 
to differences regarding the counting rules used across the EU.

Member States may apply the principal offence rule when counting victims, recording only the 
most serious crime in cases with multiple offences. EIGE’s findings indicate that Member States 
lack a unified approach to applying the principal offence rule. Member States also apply different 
approaches to count victims of multiple (serial) offences.

The comparability of data between Member States is also limited due to differences in data 
collection procedures, the age ranges of the victims considered and the criminal offences 
included in the data. Additional information on these differences is presented in the annexes to 
this report. Further details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy of the data and the 
comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data collection 
methodology.

Comparability of offences

For Indicator 6, EIGE requested that Member States provide data on two ICCS codes related to 
sexual violence: rape (03011) and sexual assault (03012).

Of the 26 Member States with data available for this indicator, 21 provided data that includes 
both ICCS offences requested for this indicator (BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, ES, FR, HR, LV, LT, LU, MT, 
NL, AT, PL, RO, SI, FI, SE).

Table 25 provides an overview of the ICCS offences included in the data for Indicator 6, for 26 
Member States.

Table 25.  Offences included in the data for Indicator 6

ICCS offence

Rape (03011)

Sexual assault (03012)

Status of offence (a)

Included or partly 
included

Not included

No information 
shared

Included or partly 
included

Not included

No information 
shared

No

22

0

4

21

1

4

List of Member States

BE, BG (b), CZ, DK (c), DE (d), EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, LV, 
LT, LU, MT (e), NL (f), AT, PL, RO, SI, FI, SE 

N/A

IT, CY, HU, PT

BE, BG (b), CZ, DK (c), DE (d), EE, IE, ES, FR, HR, LV, LT, 
LU, MT (e), NL (f), AT, PL, RO, SI, FI, SE

EL

IT, CY, HU, PT

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ICCS offence

Status of offence (a)

No

List of Member States

Other ICCS offences

Other offences or 
misdemeanours

Included or partly 
included

Included or partly 
included

1

4

DK (c)

BG (b), DK (c), DE (d), NL (f)

(a)  ‘Included or partly included’ refers to the responses ‘yes’ and ‘partly’; ‘not included’ refers to the response ‘no’; ‘no 

information shared’ refers to the response ‘don’t know’, when no response was provided, and when Member States do not 
map offences using the ICCS framework.

(b)  Bulgarian data shared by Eurostat on sexual violence in any relationship (2014–2021) includes rape (03011) and sexual 

assault (03012); data shared by the Bulgarian data provider on sexual violence in any relationship (2022) refers to victims 
of sexual violence (Section VIII. Debauchery, Arts 149–159 of the Penal Code).

(c)  Not every Danish offence code has been mapped against the ICCS codes; therefore, additional offences may have been 

included in the data.

(d)  German data shared by Eurostat on sexual violence in any relationship (2014–2022) includes rape (03011) and sexual 

assault (03012); data retrieved from online publications on sexual violence in intimate partner and domestic relationships 
refers to rape, sexual assault and sexual coercion. Data retrieved on sexual violence in domestic relationships also includes 
sexual abuse of children, young people and those under protection from the age of 14, and the promotion of sexual acts by 
minors.

(e)  Maltese data shared by Eurostat on sexual violence in any relationship (2014–2021) includes rape (03011) and sexual 

assault (03012); details on the offences included in the data shared by the Maltese data provider on sexual violence in any 
relationship (2022) have not been provided.

(f)  Dutch data shared refers to rape, sexual assault, sexual abuse (incest), sexual abuse of children (not incest), non-

consensual sending of pornography, sexting between minors and grooming.

NB: N/A, not applicable.

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[female and total] victims of 
[intimate partner / domestic / any] 
economic violence, as recorded by the 
police

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 7 is the number of victims. A victim is ‘a natural person who has 
suffered harm … which was directly caused by a criminal offence’ (32). Indicator 7 specifically 
collects data on victims of economic violence. Economic violence refers to ‘any act or behaviour 
which causes economic harm to the partner’ (33).

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on economic violence that occurs in intimate partner relationships, 
domestic relationships and any relationship. 

For Indicator 7, EIGE requested data on four ICCS offences. These are presented in Table 26.

Table 26. 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 7

Type of violence

ICCS offence

Economic violence

Other negligence in situations of persons under care

Damage of personal property

Theft of personal property

Forced labour for domestic services

ICCS code

020619

05042

05022

020321

 (32)  EIGE (n.d.), ‘Victim’, EIGE glossary and thesaurus, accessed 11 November 2024 (https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/

terms/1424).

 (33)  EIGE (2020), Intimate Partner Violence: Data collection methodology, Publications Office of the European Union, 

Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/intimate-partner-violence-data-collection-
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Reference area

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 17 out of 27 Member States provided data for Indicator 7. 
Table 27 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

Table 27.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 7

Type of Member State

Countries that shared data for Indicator 7

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 7

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

17

10

BE, CZ, DK, DE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, 
PT, RO, SI, FI

BG, EE, CY, LU, MT, NL, AT, PL, SK (a), SE

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Overall, 14 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
economic intimate partner violence for Indicator 7. It is important to note that not all Member 
States shared data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator requirements.

Figure 13 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 13.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 
Indicator 7, by sex of the victim

11

3

13

Both female and total victims

Only total victims

No data

•  11 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of economic intimate 

partner violence (CZ, DE, IE, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, PT, SI, FI).

•  3 Member States shared data relating to only total victims of economic intimate partner 

violence (BE, EL, RO).

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•  13 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of economic intimate 

partner violence (BG, DK, EE, HR, IT, CY, LU, MT, NL, AT, PL, SK, SE) (34).

Availability of data on domestic violence

Overall, 14 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
economic domestic violence for Indicator 7. Figure 14 shows the number of Member States that 
provided data on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 14.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for Indicator 7, by 
sex of the victim

13

1

13

Both female and total victims

Only total victims

No data

•  13 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of economic 

domestic violence (CZ, DE, IE, EL, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, PT, RO, SI, FI).

•  1 Member State shared data relating to only total victims of economic domestic violence (BE).

•  13 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of economic domestic 

violence (BG, DK, EE, HR, IT, CY, LU, MT, NL, AT, PL, SK, SE) (35).

Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 7 were collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions apply.

•  Czechia. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Germany. No data was available for 2014–2016 on female or total victims of intimate partner 
violence, for 2014–2017 on female or total victims of domestic violence, or for 2014–2018 on 
female or total victims of violence in any relationship.

• 

Ireland. No data was available for 2014–2021 on female or total victims of intimate partner 
violence or domestic violence.

•  Greece. No data was available for 2014–2021 on total victims of intimate partner violence, or 

for 2014–2021 on female or total victims of domestic violence.

 (34)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.
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•  France. No data was available for 2014–2015 or 2022 on female or total victims of intimate 

partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Hungary. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 7, data is considered ‘comparable’ if it refers to the correct unit of measurement 
(victims), the correct sex of the victim (female and total) and the correct types of relationship 
(intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships or any relationship).

Table 28 lists the Member States with available and comparable data for this indicator based on 
these three factors.

Table 28.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 7, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

14 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
IE, EL, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, PT, RO, 
SI, FI

6 out of 14 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims; data excludes current and former 

non-cohabitating partners.

•  CZ. Data excludes partners if they are not officially registered, they do not 

cohabitate and there is not ongoing violence.

•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as a form 

of economic violence.

•  EL. Data refers to the number of intimate partner relationships that 

involved economic violence.

•  LV. Data excludes current and former non-cohabitating partners.
•  PT. Data refers to domestic violence by an intimate partner.
•  SI. Data excludes former partners who do not live together, do not have a 

child together or are not officially registered.

•  FI. Data includes only ‘official’ relationships (e.g. it does not include 
relationships in which partners do not officially share a residence).

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Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Domestic violence

14 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
IE, EL, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, PT, RO, 
SI, FI

6 out of 14 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims; data refers to all offences between 

people with family relationships but does not refer to other domestic 
(non-family) relationships (e.g. friends who share the same residence are 
not included).

•  CZ. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  DE. Data excludes non-married and former partners.
•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as a form 

of economic violence.

•  EL. Data refers to domestic violence incidents involving economic violence.
•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties (e.g. housemates are not included).

•  LV. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  FI. Data refers to plaintiffs; data also excludes intimate partners.

Violence in any relationship

14 Member States: BE, CZ, DK, 
DE, IE, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, 
SI, FI

11 out of 14 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims.
•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as a form 

of economic violence.

•  FI. Data refers to plaintiffs.

Although several Member States have shared data that aligns with EIGE’s indicator requirements, 
this data should not be compared with data shared by other Member States. This is mainly due 
to differences regarding the counting rules used across the EU.

Member States may apply the principal offence rule when counting victims, recording only the 
most serious crime in cases with multiple offences. EIGE’s findings indicate that Member States 
lack a unified approach to applying the principal offence rule. Member States also apply different 
approaches to count victims of multiple (serial) offences.

The comparability of data between Member States is also limited due to differences in data 
collection procedures, the age ranges of the victims considered and the criminal offences 
included in the data. Additional information on these differences is presented in the annexes to 
this report. Further details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy of the data and the 
comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data collection 
methodology.

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Comparability of offences

For Indicator 7, EIGE requested that Member States provide data on four ICCS codes related to 
economic violence: other negligence in situations of persons under care (020619), damage of 
personal property (05042), theft of personal property (05022) and forced labour for domestic 
services (020321).

Of the 17 Member States with data available for this indicator, only France provided data that 
includes (or partly includes) all four ICCS offences requested for this indicator.

Table 29 provides an overview of the ICCS offences included in the data for Indicator 7, for the 17 
Member States.

Table 29.  Offences included in the data for Indicator 7

ICCS offence

Status of offence (a)

No

List of Member States

Other negligence in 
situations of persons 
under care (e.g. refusal to 
pay alimony) (020619)

Included or partly 
included

Not included

No information 
shared

Damage of personal 
property (05042)

Included or partly 
included

Not included

No information 
shared

8

6

3

8

6

3

BE, CZ, EL, ES, FR, HR, RO, SI

DK, IE, IT, LV, LT, FI

DE, HU, PT

IE, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, SI

BE, CZ, DK, EL, RO, FI

DE, HU, PT

Theft of personal property 
(05022)

Included or partly 
included

10

BE, CZ, DK, IE, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, SI

Not included

No information 
shared

Forced labour for domestic 
services (020321)

Included or partly 
included

4

3

2

EL, LT, RO, FI

DE, HU, PT

IE, FR

Not included

13

BE, CZ, DK, DE, EL, ES, HR, IT, LV, LT, RO, SI, FI

Other ICCS offences

No information 
shared

Included or partly 
included

3

3

DE, HU, PT

DK, IE, FI (b)

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ICCS offence

Status of offence (a)

Other offences or 
misdemeanours

Included or partly 
included

No

2

List of Member States

DK, DE (c)

(a)  ‘Included or partly included’ refers to the responses ‘yes’ and ‘partly’; ‘not included’ refers to the response ‘no’; ‘no 

information shared’ refers to the response ‘don’t know’, when no response was provided, and when Member States do not 
map offences using the ICCS framework.

(b)  Not every Danish offence code has been mapped against the ICCS codes; therefore, additional offences may have been 

included in the data; Irish data also includes labour exploitation of adults and children (02031/02032), interfering with a 
vehicle with the intent to steal an item or vehicle (0504) and theft of a motorised vehicle and related offences (050211– 
050219, 050222), theft of pedal cycle (050229), and malicious damage to mail box (05042); Finnish data includes robbery 
(0401) and extortion or blackmail (02051).

(c)  Not every Danish offence code has been mapped against the ICCS codes; therefore, additional offences may have been 

included in the data; German data also includes offences of pimping and forced prostitution. 

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Indicator 8: annual number of 
[female and total] victims of 
[intimate partner / domestic / any] 
rape, as recorded by the police

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 8 is the number of victims. A victim is ‘a natural person who has 
suffered harm … which was directly caused by a criminal offence’ (36). Indicator 8 specifically 
collects data on victims of rape. Rape refers to ‘sexual penetration, whether vaginal, anal or oral, 
through the use of object or body parts, without consent, using force, coercion or by taking 
advantage of the vulnerability of the victim’ (37).

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on rape that occurs in intimate partner relationships, domestic 
relationships and any relationship.

For Indicator 8, EIGE requested data on one ICCS offence. This is presented in Table 30.

Table 30. 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 8

ICCS offence

Rape

Reference area

ICCS code

03011

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 24 out of 27 Member States provided data for Indicator 8. 
Table 31 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

 (36)  EIGE (n.d.), ‘Victim’, EIGE glossary and thesaurus, accessed 11 November 2024 (https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/

terms/1424).

 (37)  EIGE (2020), Intimate Partner Violence: Data collection methodology, Publications Office of the European Union, 

Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/intimate-partner-violence-data-collection-
methodology?language_content_entity=en).

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Table 31.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 8

Type of Member State

Countries that shared data for Indicator 8

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 8

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

24

3

BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, CY, LV, 
LT, LU, HU, MT, AT, PL, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

IT, NL, SK (a)

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Overall, 14 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
intimate partner rape for Indicator 8. It is important to note that not all Member States shared 
data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator requirements.

Figure 15 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 15.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 
Indicator 8, by sex of the victim

11

3

13

Both female and total victims

Only total victims

No data

•  11 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of intimate partner 

rape (CZ, DE, IE, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, SI, FI, SE).

•  3 Member States shared data relating to only total victims of intimate partner rape (BE, EL, 

RO).

•  13 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of intimate partner 

rape (BG, DK, EE, HR, IT, CY, LU, MT, NL, AT, PL, PT, SK) (38).

 (38)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

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Availability of data on domestic violence

Overall, 16 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
domestic rape for Indicator 8. Figure 16 shows the number of Member States that provided data 
on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 16.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for Indicator 8, by 
sex of the victim

Both female and total victims

14

2

11

Only total victims

No data

•  14 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of domestic rape (CZ, 

DE, IE, EL, ES, FR, LV, LT, LU, HU, RO, SI, FI, SE).

•  2 Member States shared data relating to only total victims of domestic rape (BE and EE).

•  11 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of domestic rape (BG, 

DK, HR, IT, CY, MT, NL, AT, PL, PT, SK) (39).

Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 8 were collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions apply.

•  Czechia. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Germany. No data was as available for 2014–2017 on female or total victims of intimate 

partner violence or domestic violence.

•  Estonia. No data was available for 2014–2016 on total victims of domestic violence.

• 

Ireland. No data was available for 2014–2021 on female or total victims of intimate partner 
violence or domestic violence.

•  Greece. No data was available for 2014–2020 on total victims of intimate partner violence, or 

for 2014–2019 on female or total victims of domestic violence.

•  France. No data was available for 2014–2015 or 2022 on female or total victims of intimate 

partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Cyprus. No data was available for 2014–2017 on female or total victims of violence in any 

relationship.

 (39)  See footnote 38.

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•  Luxembourg. No data was available for 2014–2017 on female or total victims of domestic 

violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Hungary. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Austria. No data was available for 2022 on female or total victims of violence in any 

relationship.

•  Poland. No data was available for 2014–2015 on female victims of violence in any 

relationship.

•  Romania. No data was available for 2014–2016 on female or total victims of violence in any 

relationship.

•  Sweden. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence or domestic violence.

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 8, data is considered ‘comparable’ if it refers to the correct unit of measurement 
(victims), the correct sex of the victim (female and total) and the correct types of relationship 
(intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships or any relationship).

Table 32 lists the Member States with available and comparable data for this indicator based on 
these three factors.

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Table 32.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 8, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

14 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
IE, EL, ES, FR, LV, LT, HU, RO, SI, 
FI, SE

5 out of 14 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims; data excludes current and former 

non-cohabitating partners.

•  CZ. Data excludes partners if they are not officially registered, they do not 

cohabitate and there is not ongoing violence.

•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as rape.
•  EL. Data refers to the number of intimate partner relationships that 

involved rape.

•  LV. Data excludes current and former non-cohabitating partners.
•  LT. Data on total victims of intimate partner rape only refers to female 

victims.

•  SI. Data excludes former partners who do not live together, do not have a 

child together or are not officially registered.

•  FI. Data includes only ‘official’ relationships (e.g. it does not include 
relationships in which partners do not officially share a residence).

•  SE. Data refers to offences, not victims.

Domestic violence

16 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, LV, LT, LU, HU, 
RO, SI, FI, SE

6 out of 16 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims; data refers to all offences between 

people with family relationships but does not refer to other domestic 
(non-family) relationships (e.g. friends who share the same residence are 
not included).

•  CZ. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  DE. Data excludes non-married and former partners.
•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as rape.
•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties (e.g. housemates are not included).

•  LV. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  LT. Data on total victims of domestic rape only refers to female victims.
•  LU. Data represents victims in cases of domestic violence that include rape. 

They are not necessarily victims of domestic rape.

•  FI. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  SE. Data refers to offences, not victims.

Violence in any relationship

17 out of 23 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims.
•  BG. Data on total victims of rape only refers to female victims.
•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as rape.
•  CY. Data on total victims of rape only refers to female victims.
•  LU. Data represents victims in cases of rape. They are not necessarily victims 

of that rape.

•  SE. Data refers to offences, not victims.

23 Member States: BE, BG, CZ, 
DK, DE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, CY, LV, 
LT, LU, HU, MT, AT, PL, PT, RO, 
SI, FI, SE

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Although several Member States have shared data that aligns with EIGE’s indicator requirements, 
this data should not be compared with data shared by other Member States. This is mainly due 
to differences regarding the counting rules used across the EU.

Member States may apply the principal offence rule when counting victims, recording only the 
most serious crime in cases with multiple offences. EIGE’s findings indicate that Member States 
lack a unified approach to applying the principal offence rule. Member States also apply different 
approaches to count victims of multiple (serial) offences.

The comparability of data between Member States is also limited due to differences in data 
collection procedures, the age ranges of the victims considered and the criminal offences 
included in the data. Additional information on these differences is presented in the annexes to 
this report. Further details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy of the data and the 
comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data collection 
methodology.

Comparability of offences

For Indicator 8, EIGE requested that Member States provide data on one ICCS code, related to 
rape (03011).

Of the 24 Member States with data available for this indicator, 22 provided data that includes or 
partly includes this ICCS offence (BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, LV, LT, LU, MT, AT, PL, PT, 
RO, SI, FI, SE). The remaining 2 Member States did not provide a response to clarify the ICCS codes 
included for this indicator (CY and HU).

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Indicator 9: annual number of 
[female and total] victims of 
[intimate partner / domestic / any] 
[femicide/homicide], as recorded by 
the police

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 9 is the number of victims. A victim is ‘a natural person who has 
suffered harm … which was directly caused by a criminal offence’ (40). Indicator 9 specifically 
collects data on victims of femicide and homicide. Femicide is the most severe form of gender-
based violence, defined as ‘the killing of a woman or girl because of her gender’ (41).

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on femicide/homicide that occurs in intimate partner relationships, 
domestic relationships and any relationship.

For Indicator 9, EIGE requested data on two ICCS offences. These are presented in Table 33.

Table 33. 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 9

ICCS offence

Intentional homicide

Non-intentional homicide

ICCS code

0101

0103

 (40)  EIGE (n.d.), ‘Victim’, EIGE glossary and thesaurus, accessed 11 November 2024 (https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/

terms/1424).

 (41)  EIGE (2022), Femicide Indicators: Pilot study of data availability and feasibility assessment, Vilnius (https://eige.europa.

eu/publications-resources/publications/femicide-indicators-pilot-study-data-availability-and-feasibility-
assessment?language_content_entity=en).

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Reference area

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 26 out of 27 Member States provided data for Indicator 9. 
Table 34 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

Table 34.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 9

Type of Member State

Countries that shared data for Indicator 9

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 9

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

26

1

BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, CY, 
LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, NL, AT, PL, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

SK (a)

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Overall, 19 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
intimate partner homicide for Indicator 9. It is important to note that not all Member States 
shared data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator requirements.

Figure 17 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 17.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 
Indicator 9, by sex of the victim

16

2 1

8

Both female and total victims

Only female victims

Only total victims

No data

•  16 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of intimate partner 

homicide (CZ, DE, IE, EL, ES, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE).

•  2 Member States shared data relating to only female victims of intimate partner homicide 

(HR and NL).

•  1 Member State shared data relating to only total victims of intimate partner homicide (BE).

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•  8 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of intimate partner 

homicide (BG, DK, EE, CY, LU, AT, PL, SK) (42).

Availability of data on domestic violence

Overall, 22 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to female and/or total victims of 
domestic homicide for Indicator 9. Figure 18 shows the number of Member States that provided 
data on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 18.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for Indicator 9, by 
sex of the victim

17

3

2

5

Both female and total victims

Only female victims

Only total victims

No data

•  17 Member States shared data relating to both female and total victims of domestic homicide 

(CZ, DE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, PT, RO, SI, FI).

•  3 Member States shared data relating to only female victims of domestic homicide (CY, NL, 

AT).

•  2 Member States shared data relating to only total victims of domestic homicide (BE and BG).

•  5 Member States did not share data relating to female or total victims of domestic homicide 

(DK, EE, PL, SK, SE) (43).

Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 9 were collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions apply.

•  Bulgaria. No data was available for 2014–2020 on total victims of domestic violence.

•  Czechia. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Germany. No data was available for 2014 on total victims of domestic violence.

•  Estonia. No data was available for 2022 on female victims of violence in any relationship.

 (42)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.
 (43)  See footnote 42.

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Ireland. No data was available for 2014–2021 on female or total victims of intimate partner 
violence or domestic violence.

•  Greece. No data was available for 2014 or 2018–2019 on female victims of intimate partner 
violence, or for 2014–2021 on total victims of intimate partner violence or domestic violence.

•  France. No data was available for 2014–2015 or 2022 on female or total victims of domestic 

violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Croatia. No data was available for 2016–2022 on total victims of domestic violence.

•  Cyprus. No data was available for 2014–2017 or 2021–2022 on female victims of domestic 

violence.

•  Luxembourg. No data was available for 2014–2017 on female or total victims of domestic 

violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Hungary. No data was available for 2014–2018 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Netherlands. No data was available for 2014 on female victims of domestic violence.

•  Austria. No data was available for 2014 or 2022 on female victims of domestic violence, or for 

2022 on female victims of violence in any relationship.

•  Romania. No data was available for 2014–2022 on female victims of intimate partner 

violence, or for 2014–2016 on female victims of violence in any relationship.

•  Sweden. No data was available for 2014–2016 on female or total victims of intimate partner 

violence.

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 9, data is considered ‘comparable’ if it refers to the correct unit of measurement 
(victims), the correct sex of the victim (female and total) and the correct types of relationship 
(intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships or any relationship).

Table 35 lists the Member States with available and comparable data for this indicator based on 
these three factors.

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Table 35.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 9, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

19 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, 
MT, NL, PT, RO, SI, FI, SE

12 out of 19 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims; data excludes current and former 

non-cohabitating partners.

•  CZ. Data excludes partners if they are not officially registered, they do not 

cohabitate and there is not ongoing violence.

•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as 

homicide or manslaughter.

•  LV. Data excludes current and former non-cohabitating partners.
•  PT. The comparability of this data cannot be assessed. Although data has 
been shared on intimate partner homicide, metadata has not been shared 
for this indicator. 

•  SI. Data excludes former partners who do not live together, do not have a 

child together or are not officially registered.

•  FI. Data includes only ‘official’ relationships (e.g. it does not include 
relationships in which partners do not officially share a residence).

Domestic violence

21 Member States: BE, CZ, DE, 
IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, CY, LV, LT, 
LU, HU, MT, NL, AT, PT, RO, SI, FI

13 out of 21 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims; data refers to all offences between 

people with family relationships but does not refer to other domestic 
(non-family) relationships (e.g. friends who share the same residence are 
not included).

•  CZ. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  DE. Data excludes non-married and former partners.
•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as 

homicide or manslaughter.

•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties (e.g. housemates are not included).

•  LV. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  PT. The comparability of this data cannot be assessed. Although data has 
been shared on intimate partner homicide, metadata has not been shared 
for this indicator. 

•  FI. Data excludes intimate partners.

Violence in any relationship

25 Member States: BE, BG, CZ, 
DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, 
CY, LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, NL, AT, 
PL, RO, SI, FI, SE

23 out of 25 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to offences, not victims.
•  IE. Data refers to victims where the primary incident was classed as 

homicide or manslaughter.

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The annexes to this report provide additional details on factors affecting data comparability for 
this indicator, including information on data collection procedures, the age ranges of victims and 
the criminal offences included in the data. Details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy 
of the data and the comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data 
collection methodology.

Comparability of offences

For Indicator 9, EIGE requested that Member States provide data on two ICCS codes related to 
femicide/homicide: intentional homicide (0101) and non-intentional homicide (0103).

Of the 26 Member States with data available for this indicator, 10 provided data that includes 
both ICCS offences requested for this indicator (BE, DK, DE, EE, IE, FR, NL, RO, SI, SE).

Table 36 provides an overview of the ICCS offences included in the data for Indicator 9, for the 26 
Member States.

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Table 36.  Offences included in the data for Indicator 9

ICCS offence

Status of offence (a)

Intentional homicide 
(0101)

Included or partly 
included

Not included

No information 
shared

Non-intentional homicide 
(0103)

Included or partly 
included

No

23

0

3

8

List of Member States

BE, BG (b), CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, HR (c), IT, LV, 
LT, LU, MT, NL, AT, PL, RO, SI, FI, SE

N/A

CY, HU, PT

BE, DK, IE, FR, NL, RO, SI, SE

Not included

 10

DE, EE, EL, ES, IT, LV, LT, LU, MT, FI

Other ICCS offences

Other offences or 
misdemeanours

No information 
shared

Included or partly 
included

Included or partly 
included

8

3

1

BG (b), CZ, HR (c), CY, HU, AT, PL, PT

DK, IE, RO (d)

DK

(a)  ‘Included or partly included’ refers to the responses ‘yes’ and ‘partly’; ‘not included’ refers to the response ‘no’; ‘no 

information shared’ refers to the response ‘don’t know’, when no response was provided, and when Member States do not 
map offences using the ICCS framework.

(b)  Bulgarian data shared by Eurostat on homicide in any relationship (2014–2021) includes intentional homicide (0101) and 
excludes non-intentional homicide (0103). Details are not available on the offences included in the other figures shared by 
the Bulgarian data provider for this indicator.

(c)  Croatian data shared by Eurostat on homicide includes intentional homicide (0101) and excludes non-intentional homicide 
(0103). This is relevant for the data for female victims of intimate partner homicide (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021), 
for female victims of domestic homicide (2014, 2016–2018, 2020, 2021) and for female victims of any homicide (2014–
2018, 2020–2021). Details are not available on the offences included in the other figures shared by the Croatian data 
provider for this indicator.

(d)  Not every Danish offence code has been mapped against the ICCS codes; therefore, additional offences may have been 
included in the data; Irish data includes manslaughter (01031/01032) and dangerous driving causing death (010321); 
Romanian data includes illegal feticide (0106).

NB: N/A, not applicable.

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Indicator 10: annual number of 
protection orders [applied for and 
granted] in cases of [intimate 
partner / domestic / any] violence 
against [female and total] victims

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 10 is the number of protection orders. A protection order in the 
context of violence against women is defined as ‘a legal injunction that requires an offender to 
refrain from doing certain acts and to stay away from the victim’ (44). Protection orders can be 
adopted under criminal or civil laws. A protection order represents a fast legal remedy to protect 
the people at risk of any form of violence by prohibiting, restraining or proscribing certain 
behaviour by the perpetrator. Indicator 10 further disaggregates protection orders by the 
number of applications and the number of orders granted.

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence that occurs 
in intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships and any relationship.

For Indicator 10, EIGE requested data on 16 ICCS offences. These are presented in Table 37.

 (44)  EIGE (2018), Recommendations for the EU to improve data collection on intimate partner violence, Publications Office of 
the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/recommendations-eu-
improve-data-collection-intimate-partner-violence).

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Table 37. 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 10

Type of violence

ICCS offence

Physical violence

Assault

Deprivation of liberty

Attempted intentional homicide

Psychological violence

Coercion

Defamation or insult

Harassment

Threat

Stalking

Other acts intended to induce fear or emotional distress

Breach of justice order

Sexual violence

Rape

Sexual assault

Economic violence

Other negligence in situations of persons under care

Damage of personal property

Theft of personal property

Forced labour for domestic services

ICCS code

02011

02022

0102

0205

0209

02081

02012

02082

02089

08062

03011

03012

020619

05042

05022

020321

Reference area

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 17 out of 27 Member States provided data for 
Indicator 10. Table 38 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

Table 38.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 10

Type of Member State

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

Countries that shared data for Indicator 10

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 10

16

11

BE, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, ES, FR, HR, LU, HU, AT, 
PL, RO, FI, SE

BG, EL, IT, CY, LV, LT, MT, NL, PT, SI, SK (a)

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

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Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Only 3 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to protection orders for female and/or total 
victims of intimate partner violence for Indicator 10. It is important to note that not all Member 
States shared data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator requirements.

Figure 19 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim and type of protection order.

Figure 19.  Number of Member States that shared data on intimate partner violence for 
Indicator 10, by sex of the victim and type of protection order

Protection order applications

1
1

Protection orders granted

2

1

25

24

Both female and total victims

Only female victims

No data

Protection order applications

•  1 Member State shared data relating to protection order applications for both female and 

total victims of intimate partner violence (LU).

•  1 Member State shared data relating to protection order applications for female victims of 

intimate partner violence but did not share data relating to protection order applications for 
total victims of intimate partner violence (ES).

•  25 Member States did not share data relating to protection order applications for female or 

total victims of intimate partner violence (BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, FR, HR, IT, CY, LV, LT, HU, 
MT, NL, AT, PL, PT, RO, SI, SK, FI, SE) (45).

Protection orders granted

•  2 Member States shared data relating to protection orders granted to both female and total 

victims of intimate partner violence (LU and FI).

•  1 Member State shared data relating to protection orders granted to female victims of 

intimate partner violence, but did not share data relating to protection orders granted to 
total victims of intimate partner violence (ES).

 (45)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

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•  24 Member States did not share data relating to protection orders granted to female or total 
victims of intimate partner violence (BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, FR, HR, IT, CY, LV, LT, HU, MT, 
NL, AT, PL, PT, RO, SI, SK, SE) (46).

Availability of data on domestic violence

Overall, 10 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to protection orders for female and/or 
total victims of domestic violence for Indicator 10. Figure 20 shows the number of Member 
States that provided data on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of the victim and type 
of protection order.

Figure 20.  Number of Member States that shared data on domestic violence for Indicator 10, 
by sex of the victim and type of protection order

Protection order applications

1 4

22

Protection orders granted

3 1

6

17

Both female and total victims

Only female victims

Only total victims

No data

Protection order applications

•  1 Member State shared data relating to protection order applications for both female and 

total victims of domestic violence (LU).

•  4 Member States shared data relating to protection order applications for only total victims 

of domestic violence (BE, IE, FR, RO).

•  22 Member States did not share data relating to protection order applications for female or 

total victims of domestic violence (BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, EL, ES, HR, IT, CY, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, AT, PL, 
PT, SI, SK, FI, SE) (47).

Protection orders granted

•  3 Member States shared data relating to protection orders granted to both female and total 

victims of domestic violence (ES, LU, FI).

•  1 Member State shared data relating to protection orders granted only to female victims of 

domestic violence (BG).

 (46) See footnote 45.
 (47)  See footnote 45.

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•  6 Member States shared data relating to protection orders granted only to total victims of 

domestic violence (CZ, IE, FR, HR, PL, RO).

•  17 Member States did not share data relating to protection orders granted to female or total 
victims of domestic violence (BE, DK, DE, EE, EL, IT, CY, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, AT, PT, SI, SK, SE) (48).

Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 10 were collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions 
apply.

•  Belgium. No data was available for 2014–2017 on protection orders applied for by total 

victims of domestic violence.

•  Germany. No data was available for 2014–2019 or 2021–2022 on protection orders granted 

to female and total victims of violence in any relationship.

•  Estonia. No data was available for 2014–2017 on protection orders granted to total victims of 

violence in any relationship.

•  Luxembourg. No data was available for 2014–2018 on protection orders applied for by female 
or total victims of intimate partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship; 
or for 2014 on protection orders granted to female or total victims of intimate partner 
violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Austria. No data was available for 2018 on protection orders for victims of violence.

•  Sweden. No data was available for 2014 on protection orders applied for and granted to total 

victims of violence in any relationship.

Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 10, data is considered ‘comparable’ if it refers to the correct unit of measurement 
(protection orders – applied for or granted), the correct sex of the victim (female or total) and 
the correct types of relationship (intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships or any 
relationship).

Table 39 lists the Member States with available and comparable data for this indicator based on 
these three factors.

 (48)  See footnote 45.

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Table 39.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 10, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

3 Member States: ES, LU, FI

0 out of 3 Member States have comparable data.
•  ES. Data on intimate partner violence relates to ‘gender violence’. It only 

includes POs for female victims against male perpetrators.

•  LU. Data refers to POs for victims in cases that include intimate partner 

violence.

•  FI. Data includes only ‘official’ relationships (e.g. it does not include 

relationships in which partners do not officially share a residence); data also 
includes temporary POs issued by the police.

Domestic violence

9 Member States: BE, CZ, ES, 
FR, HR, LU, PL, RO, FI

3 out of 9 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to restraining orders; data also excludes persons that do not 

share a common residence.

•  CZ. Data excludes intimate partners.
•  ES. Data refers to victims included in POs, not the number of POs; data also 

excludes intimate partner relationships

•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties (e.g. housemates are not included).

•  LU. Data refers to POs for victims in cases that include domestic violence.
•  FI. Data excludes intimate partners; data also includes temporary POs issued 

by the police.

Violence in any relationship

11 Member States:  CZ, DK, 
DE, EE, IE, ES, LU, HU, AT, FI, SE

7 out of 11 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  EE. Data refers to restraining orders granted by civil and criminal 

procedures.

•  ES. The unit of measurement for granted POs is the number of victims 

included in POs, not the number of POs.

•  LU. Data refers to POs for victims in cases that include violence.
•  AT. The comparability of this data cannot be assessed. Although data has 
been shared on POs, metadata has not been shared for this indicator. 

NB: PO, protection order.

The annexes to this report provide additional details on factors affecting data comparability for 
this indicator, including information on data collection procedures, the age ranges of victims and 
the criminal offences included in the data. Details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy 
of the data and the comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data 
collection methodology.

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Indicator 11: annual number of male 
perpetrators prosecuted for 
[intimate partner / domestic / any] 
violence against [female and total] 
victims

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 11 is the number of perpetrators prosecuted. A perpetrator is 
defined as a person ‘brought into formal contact with the police and suspected / arrested or 
cautioned for a criminal offence’ (49).

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence that occurs 
in intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships and any relationship.

For Indicator 11, EIGE requested data on 18 ICCS offences. These are presented in Table 40.

Table 40. 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 11

Type of violence

ICCS offence

Physical violence

Assault

Deprivation of liberty

Attempted intentional homicide

Intentional homicide

Non-intentional homicide

ICCS code

02011

02022

0102

0101

0103

 (49)  EIGE (2019), Police and justice sector data on intimate partner violence against women in the European Union, Publications 
Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/police-and-justice-
sector-data-intimate-partner-violence-against-women-european-union).

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Type of violence

ICCS offence

Psychological violence

Coercion

Defamation or insult

Harassment

Threat

Stalking

Other acts intended to induce fear or emotional distress

Breach of justice order

Sexual violence

Rape

Sexual assault

Economic violence

Other negligence in situations of persons under care

Damage of personal property

Theft of personal property

Forced labour for domestic services

ICCS code

0205

0209

02081

02012

02082

02089

08062

03011

03012

020619

05042

05022

020321

Reference area

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 16 out of 27 Member States provided data for 
Indicator 11. Table 41 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

Table 41.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 11

Type of Member State

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

Countries that shared data for Indicator 11

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 11

16

11

BE, CZ, DK, EE, EL, ES, FR, HR, LU, HU, MT, AT, 
PT, RO, FI, SE

BG, DE, IE, IT, CY, LV, LT, NL, PL, SI, SK (a)

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

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Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Overall, 7 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators prosecuted for 
intimate partner violence against female and/or total victims for Indicator 11. It is important to 
note that not all Member States shared data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator 
requirements.

Figure 21 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 21.  Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators prosecuted for 
intimate partner violence for Indicator 11, by sex of the victim

4

1

2

20

Both female and total victims

Only female victims

Only total victims

No data

•  4 Member States shared data relating to perpetrators prosecuted for intimate partner 

violence against both female and total victims (CZ, HU, MT, SE).

•  1 Member State shared data relating to perpetrators prosecuted for intimate partner violence 

against only female victims (ES).

•  2 Member States shared data relating to perpetrators prosecuted for intimate partner 

violence against only total victims (BE, FR).

•  20 Member States did not share data relating to perpetrators prosecuted for intimate partner 
violence against female or total victims (BG, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, HR, IT, CY, LV, LT, LU, NL, AT, PL, 
PT, RO, SI, SK, FI) (50).

Availability of data on domestic violence

Overall, 13 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators prosecuted for 
domestic violence against female and/or total victims for Indicator 11. Figure 22 shows the 
number of Member States that provided data on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of 
the victim.

 (50)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

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Figure 22.  Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators prosecuted for 
domestic violence for Indicator 11, by sex of the victim

6

7

14

Both female and total victims

Only total victims

No data

•  6 Member States shared data relating to perpetrators prosecuted for domestic violence 

against both female and total victims (CZ, ES, LU, HU, MT, SE).

•  7 Member States shared data relating to perpetrators prosecuted for domestic violence 

against only total victims (BE, EL, FR, HR, AT, PT, RO) (51).

•  14 Member States did not share data relating to perpetrators prosecuted for domestic 

violence against female or total victims (BG, DK, DE, EE, IE, IT, CY, LV, LT, NL, PL, SI, SK, FI) (52).

Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 11 were collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions 
apply.

•  Estonia. No data was available for 2014–2016 on perpetrators against total victims of 

violence in any relationship.

•  Greece. No data was available for 2014–2015 on perpetrators against total victims of 

domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Hungary. No data was available for 2014–2018 on perpetrators against female or total 
victims of intimate partner violence, domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Malta. No data was available for 2014–2019 on perpetrators against female or total victims 

of intimate partner violence or domestic violence.

•  Portugal. No data was available for 2022 on perpetrators against total victims of domestic 

violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Sweden. No data was available for 2014–2019 on perpetrators against female or total victims 

of intimate partner violence or domestic violence.

 (51)  Data shared by Greece and Romania on domestic violence for Indicator 11 is not disaggregated by the sex of the 

perpetrator. The data refers to all perpetrators prosecuted for domestic violence for all victims.

 (52)  See footnote 51.

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Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 11, data is considered ‘comparable’ if it refers to the correct unit of measurement 
(perpetrators prosecuted), the correct sex of the victim (female and total), the correct sex of the 
perpetrator (male) and the correct types of relationship (intimate partner relationships, 
domestic relationships or any relationship).

Table 42 lists the Member States with available and comparable data for this indicator based on 
these four factors.

Table 42.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 11, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

7 Member States: BE, CZ, ES, 
FR, HU, MT, SE

3 out of 7 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to defendants in cases prosecuted for intra-family violence 

within the couple.

•  CZ. Before 2022, the data excluded former (non-married) partners.
•  ES. Data refers to ‘gender violence’, rather than intimate partner violence.
•  MT. The comparability of this data cannot be assessed. Although data has 
been shared on perpetrators prosecuted for intimate partner violence, 
metadata has not been shared for this indicator.

Domestic violence

13 Member States: BE, CZ, EL, 
ES, FR, HR, LU, HU, MT, AT, PT, 
RO, SE

6 out of 13 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BE. Data refers to defendants in cases prosecuted for intra-family violence; 

data excludes intra-family violence within the couple.

•  CZ. Before 2022, the data excluded former (non-married) partners.
•  EL. Data refers to total perpetrators, not just male perpetrators.
•  ES. Data excludes intimate partner violence.
•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties (e.g. housemates are not included).

•  MT. The comparability of this data cannot be assessed. Although data has 
been shared on perpetrators prosecuted for domestic violence, metadata 
has not been shared for this indicator.

•  RO. Data refers to total perpetrators, not just male perpetrators.

Violence in any relationship

8 out of 10 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  ES. Data only includes perpetrators of ‘gender violence’ and domestic 
violence. Perpetrators of other violence are not included in the data.

•  RO. Data refers to total perpetrators, not just male perpetrators.

10 Member States: DK, EE, ES, 
LU, HU, AT, PT, RO, FI, SE

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Although several Member States have shared data that aligns with EIGE’s indicator requirements, 
this data should not be compared with data shared by other Member States. This is mainly due 
to differences regarding the counting rules used across the EU, which are described in the 
following subsections.

Principal offence rule

Member States may apply the principal offence rule to count perpetrators prosecuted, recording 
only the most serious crime in cases with multiple offences. EIGE’s findings indicate that the 16 
Member States that provided data for this indicator lack a unified approach to applying this rule.

•  10 Member States did not use the principal offence rule to count the number of perpetrators 

for this indicator (BE, CZ, EE, ES, FR, HR, LU, HU, AT, FI).

•  5 Member States used the principal offence rule to count the number of perpetrators for this 

indicator (DK, EL, PT, RO, SE).

•  1 Member State did not clarify whether the principal offence rule was used to count the 

number of perpetrators for this indicator (MT).

Counting perpetrators prosecuted for multiple (serial) offences of the same type

In the 16 Member States that shared data for Indicator 11, different approaches were also used 
to count perpetrators convicted for multiple (serial) offences of the same type.

•  10 Member States count perpetrators prosecuted for multiple (serial) offences of the same 

type as one person (CZ, DK, EL, ES, FR, LU, AT, PT, RO, SE).

•  4 Member States count perpetrators prosecuted for multiple (serial) offences of the same 

type as two or more persons (BE, HR, HU, FI).

•  2 Member States have not clarified how perpetrators prosecuted for multiple (serial) offences 

of the same type are counted (EE and MT).

Counting perpetrators prosecuted more than once (on separate occasions) in one year

Conversely, Member States typically use similar rules to count perpetrators prosecuted more 
than once (on separate occasions) in one year. In the 16 Member States that shared data for 
Indicator 11:

•  14 Member States count perpetrators prosecuted more than once (on separate occasions) in 

one year as two or more persons (BE, CZ, DK, EE, EL, FR, HR, LU, HU, AT, PT, RO, FI, SE);

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•  1 Member State counts perpetrators prosecuted more than once (on separate occasions) in 

one year as one person (ES);

•  1 Member State does not clarify the rules used to count perpetrators prosecuted more than 

once (on separate occasions) in one year (MT).

Other factors that impact comparability

The comparability of data between Member States is also limited due to differences in data 
collection procedures, the age ranges of victims and perpetrators considered, and the criminal 
offences included in the data. Additional information on these differences is presented in the 
annexes to this report. Further details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy of the data 
and the comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data collection 
methodology.

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Indicator 12: annual number of male 
perpetrators sentenced for [intimate 
partner / domestic / any] violence 
against [female and total] victims

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 12 is the number of perpetrators sentenced. A perpetrator is 
defined as a person ‘brought into formal contact with the police and suspected / arrested or 
cautioned for a criminal offence’ (53).

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence that occurs 
in intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships and any relationship.

For Indicator 12, EIGE requested data on 18 ICCS offences. These are presented in Table 43.

Table 43. 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 12

Type of violence

ICCS offence

Physical violence

Assault

Deprivation of liberty

Attempted intentional homicide

Intentional homicide

Non-intentional homicide

ICCS code

02011

02022

0102

0101

0103

 (53)  EIGE (2019), Police and justice sector data on intimate partner violence against women in the European Union, Publications 
Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/police-and-justice-
sector-data-intimate-partner-violence-against-women-european-union).

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ICCS offence

Psychological violence

Coercion

Defamation or insult

Harassment

Threat

Stalking

Other acts intended to induce fear or emotional distress

Breach of justice order

Sexual violence

Rape

Sexual assault

Economic violence

Other negligence in situations of persons under care

Damage of personal property

Theft of personal property

Forced labour for domestic services

Indicator 12

ICCS code

0205

0209

02081

02012

02082

02089

08062

03011

03012

020619

05042

05022

020321

Reference area

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 16 out of 27 Member States provided data for 
Indicator 12. Table 44 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

Table 44.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 12

Type of Member State

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

Countries that shared data for Indicator 12

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 12

16

11

BG, CZ, DK, EE, EL, ES, FR, HR, LU, HU, AT, PL, 
PT, RO, FI, SE

BE, DE, IE, IT, CY, LV, LT, MT, NL, SI, SK (a)

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

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Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Overall, 5 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators sentenced for 
intimate partner violence against female and/or total victims for Indicator 12. It is important to 
note that not all Member States shared data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator 
requirements.

Figure 23 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 23.  Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators sentenced for 
intimate partner violence for Indicator 12, by sex of the victim

2

1

2

22

Both female and total victims

Only female victims

Only total victims

No data

•  2 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators sentenced for intimate partner 

violence against both female and total victims (CZ and HR).

•  1 Member State shared data relating to male perpetrators sentenced for intimate partner 

violence against only female victims (ES).

•  2 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators sentenced for intimate partner 

violence against only total victims (FR and LU).

•  22 Member States did not share data relating to male perpetrators sentenced for intimate 

partner violence against female or total victims (BE, BG, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, IT, CY, LV, LT, HU, MT, 
NL, AT, PL, PT, RO, SI, SK, FI, SE) (54).

Availability of data on domestic violence

Overall, 11 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators sentenced for 
domestic violence against female and/or total victims for Indicator 12. Figure 24 shows the 
number of Member States that provided data on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of 
the victim.

 (54)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

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Figure 24.  Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators sentenced for 
domestic violence for Indicator 12, by sex of the victim

1

10

16

Both female and total victims

Only total victims

No data

•  1 Member State shared data relating to male perpetrators sentenced for domestic violence 

against both female and total victims (CZ).

•  10 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators sentenced for domestic violence 

against only total victims (BG, EL, ES, FR, HR, LU, AT, PL, PT, RO) (55).

•  16 Member States did not share data relating to male perpetrators sentenced for domestic 
violence against female or total victims (BE, DK, DE, EE, IE, IT, CY, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, SI, SK, FI, 
SE) (56).

Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 12 were collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions 
apply.

•  Bulgaria. No data was available for 2014–2018 on perpetrators against total victims of 

domestic violence.

•  Estonia. No data was available for 2014–2016 on perpetrators against total victims of 

violence in any relationship.

•  Greece. No data was available for 2014–2015 on perpetrators against total victims of 

domestic violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Spain. No data was available for 2014 on perpetrators against female victims of intimate 
partner violence, or on total victims of domestic violence or violence in any relationship. 

•  Portugal. No data was available for 2022 on perpetrators against total victims of domestic 

violence or violence in any relationship.

•  Romania. No data was available for 2014–2015 on perpetrators against total victims of 

domestic violence.

 (55)  Data shared by Greece on domestic violence for Indicator 12 is not disaggregated by the sex of the perpetrator. The data 

refers to all perpetrators sentenced for domestic violence for all victims.

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Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 12, data is considered ‘comparable’ if it refers to the correct unit of measurement 
(perpetrators prosecuted), the correct sex of the victim (female and total), the correct sex of the 
perpetrator (male) and the correct types of relationship (intimate partner relationships, 
domestic relationships or any relationship).

Table 45 lists the Member States with available and comparable data for this indicator based on 
these four factors.

Table 45.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 12, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

5 Member States: CZ, ES, FR, 
HR, LU

2 out of 5 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  CZ. Before 2022, the data excluded former (non-married) partners.
•  ES. Data refers to ‘gender violence’, rather than intimate partner violence.
•  HR. Data on intimate partner violence refer to a subset of domestic violence 

11 Member States: BG, CZ, EL, 
ES, FR, HR, LU, AT, PL, PT, RO

data.

Domestic violence

6 out of 11 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BG. Data refers to persons convicted for crimes perpetrated in a situation of 
domestic violence where an effective or conditional sentence has come into 
force.

•  CZ. Before 2022, the data excluded former (non-married) partners.
•  EL. Data refers to total perpetrators, not just male perpetrators.
•  ES. Data excludes intimate partner violence.
•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties (e.g. housemates are not included).

Violence in any relationship

10 Member States: BG, DK, EE, 
ES, LU, HU, AT, PT, FI, SE

6 out of 10 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  BG. Data refers to persons convicted of rape where an effective or 

conditional sentence has come into force.

•  EE. Data only refers to men sentenced under Article 121(2.2) of the Penal 
Code (physical abuse committed in a close or dependent relationship).
•  ES. Data only includes perpetrators of ‘gender violence’ and domestic 

violence. Perpetrators of other types of violence are not included in the 
data.

•  SE. Data refers to judgments and prosecutorial decisions in which a person 

has been found guilty of a crime.

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Although several Member States have shared data that aligns with EIGE’s indicator requirements, 
this data should not be compared with data shared by other Member States. This is mainly due 
to differences regarding the counting rules used across the EU, which are described in the 
following subsections.

Principal offence rule

Member States may apply the principal offence rule to count perpetrators sentenced, recording 
only the most serious crime in cases with multiple offences. EIGE’s findings indicate that the 16 
Member States that provided data for this indicator lack a unified approach to applying this rule.

•  9 Member States do not use the principal offence rule to count the number of perpetrators 

sentenced for this indicator (CZ, EE, ES, FR, HR, LU, HU, AT, FI).

•  7 Member States use the principal offence rule to count the number of perpetrators 

sentenced for this indicator (BG, DK, EL, PL, PT, RO, SE).

Counting perpetrators sentenced for multiple (serial) offences of the same type

In the 16 Member States that shared data for Indicator 12, different approaches were also used 
to count perpetrators sentenced for multiple (serial) offences of the same type.

•  12 Member States count perpetrators sentenced for multiple (serial) offences of the same 

type as one person (BG, CZ, DK, EL, ES, FR, LU, AT, PL, PT, RO, SE).

•  3 Member States count perpetrators sentenced for multiple (serial) offences of the same 

type as two or more persons (HR, HU, FI).

•  1 Member State did not clarify how perpetrators sentenced for multiple (serial) offences of 

the same type are counted (EE).

Counting perpetrators sentenced more than once (on separate occasions) in one year

Conversely, Member States typically use similar rules to count perpetrators sentenced more than 
once (on separate occasions) in one year. In the 16 Member States that shared data for 
Indicator 12:

•  14 Member States count perpetrators sentenced more than once (on separate occasions) in 

one year as two or more persons (BG, CZ, DK, EE, EL, FR, HR, LU, HU, AT, PT, RO, FI, SE);

•  2 Member States count perpetrators sentenced more than once (on separate occasions) in 

one year as one person (ES and PL).

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Other factors that impact comparability

The comparability of data between Member States is also limited due to differences in data 
collection procedures, the age ranges of victims and perpetrators considered, and the criminal 
offences included in the data. Additional information on these differences is presented in the 
annexes to this report. Further details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy of the data 
and the comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data collection 
methodology.

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Indicator 13: number of male 
perpetrators held in prison or with a 
sanction involving a form of 
deprivation of liberty for [intimate 
partner / domestic / any] violence 
against [female and total] victims

Statistical unit

The statistical unit for Indicator 13 is the number of perpetrators held in prison or with a 
sanction involving a form of deprivation of liberty. A perpetrator is defined as a ‘person brought 
into formal contact with the police and suspected / arrested or cautioned for a criminal 
offence’ (57).

Types of offence

This indicator collects data on physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence that occurs 
in intimate partner relationships, domestic relationships and any relationship.

For Indicator 13, EIGE requested data on 18 ICCS offences. These are presented in Table 46.

Table 46. 

ICCS offences requested for Indicator 13

Type of violence

ICCS offence

Physical violence

Assault

Deprivation of liberty

Attempted intentional homicide

Intentional homicide

Non-intentional homicide

ICCS code

02011

02022

0102

0101

0103

 (57)  EIGE (2019), Police and justice sector data on intimate partner violence against women in the European Union, Publications 
Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/police-and-justice-
sector-data-intimate-partner-violence-against-women-european-union).

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Type of violence

ICCS offence

Psychological violence

Coercion

Defamation or insult

Harassment

Threat

Stalking

Other acts intended to induce fear or emotional distress

Breach of justice order

Sexual violence

Rape

Sexual assault

Economic violence

Other negligence in situations of persons under care

Damage of personal property

Theft of personal property

Forced labour for domestic services

ICCS code

0205

0209

02081

02012

02082

02089

08062

03011

03012

020619

05042

05022

020321

Reference area

During EIGE’s data collection exercise, 13 out of 27 Member States provided data for 
Indicator 13. Table 47 lists the Member States that did and did not share data for this indicator.

Table 47.  Member States that did and did not share data for Indicator 13

Type of Member State

Number of 
Member States

List of Member States

Countries that shared data for Indicator 13

Countries that did not share data for 
Indicator 13

13

14

CZ, DK, EE, EL, ES, FR, HR, LU, HU, PT, RO, FI, SE

BE, BG, DE, IE, IT, CY, LV, LT, MT, NL, AT, PL, SI, 
SK (a)

(a)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

Data availability for this indicator varied depending on the type of violence and the sex of the 
victim considered.

Availability of data on intimate partner violence

Overall, 3 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators held in prison or 
with a sanction involving a form of deprivation of liberty for intimate partner violence against 

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female and/or total victims for Indicator 13. It is important to note that not all Member States 
shared data that is comparable with EIGE’s indicator requirements.

Figure 25 shows the number of Member States that provided data on intimate partner violence 
for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 25.  Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators held in prison or 
with a sanction involving a form of deprivation of liberty for intimate partner violence for 
Indicator 13, by sex of the victim

1 2

24

Both female and total victims

Only total victims

No data

•  1 Member State shared data relating to perpetrators held in prison or with a sanction 

involving a form of deprivation of liberty for intimate partner violence against female victims 
(ES).

•  2 Member States shared data relating to perpetrators held in prison or with a sanction 

involving a form of deprivation of liberty for intimate partner violence against total victims 
(FR and LU).

•  24 Member States did not share data relating to perpetrators held in prison or with a 

sanction involving a form of deprivation of liberty for intimate partner violence against 
female or total victims (BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, HR, IT, CY, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, AT, PL, PT, RO, 
SI, SK, FI, SE) (58).

Availability of data on domestic violence

Overall, 8 out of 27 Member States shared data relating to male perpetrators held in prison or 
with a sanction involving a form of deprivation of liberty for domestic violence against female 
and/or total victims for Indicator 13. Figure 26 shows the number of Member States that 
provided data on domestic violence for this indicator, by sex of the victim.

Figure 26.  Number of Member States that shared data on male perpetrators held in prison or 
with a sanction involving a form of deprivation of liberty for domestic violence for Indicator 13, 
by sex of the victim

8

19

Only total victims

No data

 (58)  No data was collected for Slovakia during the data collection exercise.

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•  8 Member States shared data relating to perpetrators held in prison or with a sanction 

involving a form of deprivation of liberty for domestic violence against only total victims (CZ, 
EL, ES, FR, HR, LU, PT, RO).

•  19 Member States did not share data relating to perpetrators held in prison or with a 

sanction involving a form of deprivation of liberty for domestic violence against female or 
total victims (BE, BG, DK, DE, EE, IE, IT, CY, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, AT, PL, SI, SK, FI, SE) (59).

Time coverage

Data and metadata for Indicator 13 were collected for 2014–2022. The following exceptions 
apply.

•  Czechia. No data was available for 2014 on perpetrators against total victims of domestic 

violence.

•  Estonia. No data was available for 2014–2019 on perpetrators against total victims of 

violence in any relationship.

•  Greece. No data was available for 2014–2015 on perpetrators against total victims of 

domestic violence.

•  Spain. No data was available for 2014 on perpetrators against female victims of intimate 
partner violence, or on total victims of domestic violence or violence in any relationship. 

•  France. No data was available for 2014–2019 on perpetrators against total victims of intimate 

partner violence or domestic violence.

•  Hungary. No data was available for 2014–2020 on perpetrators against total victims of 

violence in any relationship.

 (59)  See footnote 58.

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Comparability with EIGE’s indicator requirements

For Indicator 13, data is considered ‘comparable’ if it refers to the correct unit of measurement 
(perpetrators prosecuted), the correct sex of the victim (female and total), the correct sex of the 
perpetrator (male), the correct types of relationship (intimate partner relationships, domestic 
relationships or any relationship) and the correct reference period (31 December of each year).

Table 48 lists the Member States with available and comparable data for this indicator based on 
these factors.

Table 48.  Member States with available and comparable data for Indicator 13, by type of 
violence

Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Intimate partner violence

3 Member States: ES, FR, LU

8 Member States: CZ, EL, ES, 
FR, HR, LU, PT, RO

1 out of 3 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  ES. Data refers to perpetrators sent to prison in a reference year (not held in 

prison on 31 December); data also refers to ‘gender violence’ instead of 
intimate partner violence.

•  LU. Data refers to perpetrators that should be in prison based on their 

conviction; data also refers to the calendar year (1 January–31 December).

Domestic violence

2 out of 8 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  CZ. Data relates to the number of criminal offences resulting in the 

imprisonment of perpetrators, not the number of perpetrators; data also 
excludes persons that do not share a common residence.

•  EL. Data refers to the calendar year (1 January–31 December).
•  ES. Data refers to perpetrators sent to prison in a reference year (not held in 

prison on 31 December); data also excludes intimate partner violence.

•  FR. Data does not include types of relationship that can exist in a domestic 

unit with no legal or family ties (e.g. housemates are not included).

•  HR. Data refers to the calendar year (1 January–31 December).
•  LU. Data refers to perpetrators that should be in prison based on their 

conviction; data also refers to the calendar year (1 January–31 December).

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Member States with available 
data

Member States with comparable data

Violence in any relationship

8 Member States: CZ, DK, EE, 
ES, LU, HU, FI, SE

1 out of 8 Member States have comparable data, with the exception of the 
following.
•  CZ. Data relates to the number of criminal offences resulting in 

imprisonment, not the number of perpetrators.

•  EE. Data only refers to men convicted under Article 121(2.2) of the Penal 
Code (physical abuse committed in a close or dependent relationship).
•  ES. Data only includes perpetrators of ‘gender violence’ and domestic 

violence; perpetrators of other violence are not included in the data. Data 
also refers to the calendar year (1 January–31 December).

•  LU. Data refers to perpetrators that should be in prison based on their 

conviction; data also refers to the calendar year (1 January–31 December).

•  HU. Data refers to male convicted prisoners in custody on 31 December, 
including those with pending proceedings for violence against women. 
Perpetrators were not necessarily convicted of these offences; these figures 
are based on the offences indicated in the proceedings conducted/pending 
against them.

•  FI. Data refers to the calendar year (1 January–31 December).
•  SE. Data refers to 1 October.

Although some Member States have shared data that aligns with EIGE’s indicator requirements, 
this data should not be compared with data shared by other Member States. This is mainly due 
to differences regarding the counting rules used across the EU.

The comparability of data between Member States is impacted by several factors, including data 
collection procedures, the age ranges of victims and perpetrators considered, and the criminal 
offences included in the data. Additional information on these differences is presented in the 
annexes to this report. Further details on the factors that impact the overall accuracy of the data 
and the comparability of data over time are available in the section on EIGE’s data collection 
methodology.

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Annex 1.  Mapping tables

The mapping tables in this annex provide details at the level of the 27 EU Member States. For 
each indicator, one row in the associated mapping table represents a Member State, while the 
columns represent the different key elements for each indicator. The responses in the tables are 
as follows.

•  Yes means the data for this Member State adheres to the indicator description for this 

element (e.g. yes, the data covers victims whose sex is female).

•  No, or partly, means the data for this Member State differs from the indicator description to 

some extent.

•  N/A means ‘not applicable’ because this Member State does not have any data for the 

indicator.

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Table A1.  Indicator 1: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] violence, as recorded by the police

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes intimate 
partners

No: excludes 
non-married partners 
unless officially 
registered, 
cohabitating or 
experiencing ongoing 
violence

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes 
non-married and 
former partners

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit without 
legal or family ties

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: victims in cases 
with specific forms of 
violence

No: female victims in 
cases with specific 
forms of violence

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: victims in cases 
that include domestic 
violence

No: victims in cases 
that include any 
violence

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

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Relationship: any

N/A: no data shared

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: domestic violence 
by an intimate partner

Yes

No: excludes former 
partners if they are 
not registered,  do not 
cohabitate or do not 
share a child

Yes

Yes

Yes

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes unofficial 
relationships

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

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Table A2.  Indicator 2: annual number of reported offences of [intimate partner / domestic / any] violence against [female and total] 
victims, as recorded by the police

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
offences 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes 
non-familial domestic 
relationships

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes intimate 
partners

No: excludes 
non-married partners 
unless officially 
registered, 
cohabitating or 
experiencing ongoing 
violence

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: crime incidents

Yes

Yes 

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes 

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes 

N/A: no data shared

No: reported crimes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: refers to ‘gender 
violence’

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit without 
legal or family ties

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: offences in cases 
with specific forms of 
violence

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: offences in cases 
that include domestic 
violence

No: offences in cases 
that include any 
violence

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

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Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
offences 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: domestic violence 
by an intimate partner

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes former 
partners if they are 
not registered,  do not 
cohabitate or do not 
share a child

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes unofficial 
relationships

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Table A3.  Indicator 3: annual number of perpetrators of [intimate partner / domestic / any] violence against [female and total] victims, as 
recorded by the police

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
perpetrators 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Sex of the 
perpetrator: male

Relationship: 
intimate partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes: crime suspects N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: persons 
detected by police 
for reported crimes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes current 
and former 
non-cohabitating 
partners

No: excludes 
non-familial 
domestic 
relationships

Yes

No: relationships 
not comparable

No: relationships 
not comparable

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes 
intimate partners

Yes

No: relationships 
not comparable

No: relationships 
not comparable

Yes

No: excludes 
non-married 
partners unless 
officially registered, 
cohabitating or 
experiencing 
ongoing violence

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: excludes 
non-married and 
former partners

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships 
not comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: refers to 
‘gender violence’

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit 
without legal or 
family ties

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
entirely comparable

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: relationships 
not comparable

Yes

Yes 

Yes

No: relationships 
not comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: perpetrators in 
cases with specific 
forms of violence

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: male 
perpetrators in 
cases involving 
specific forms of 
violence

N/A: no data shared No: perpetrators in 
cases that include 
domestic violence

No: perpetrators in 
cases that include 
any violence

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement, sex 
of the victim and 
perpetrator, and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement, sex 
of the victim and 
perpetrator, and 
relationships not 
comparable

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Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
perpetrators 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Sex of the 
perpetrator: male

Relationship: 
intimate partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: domestic 
violence by an 
intimate partner

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes former 
partners if they are 
not registered,  do 
not cohabitate or do 
not share a child

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: relationships 
not comparable

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships 
not comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes: data refers to 
suspects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes 
unofficial 
relationships

Yes

No: excludes 
intimate partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships 
not comparable

No: relationships 
not comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Table A4.  Indicator 4: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] physical violence, as recorded by 
the police

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

BE

No: offences

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes 
non-familial domestic 
relationships

Yes

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: victims where the 
primary incident was 
physical violence

No: domestic violence 
incidents with 
physical violence

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes intimate 
partners

No: excludes 
non-married partners 
unless officially 
registered, 
cohabitating or 
experiencing ongoing 
violence

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes 
non-married and 
former partners

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes 

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit without 
legal or family ties

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement not 
entirely comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

No: victims in cases 
with specific forms of 
violence

No: female victims in 
cases with specific 
forms of violence

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: victims in cases 
that include specific 
forms of domestic 
violence

No: victims in cases 
that include specific 
forms of violence in 
any relationship

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Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

N/A: no data shared

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

Yes

No: offences

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: domestic violence 
by an intimate partner

Yes

No: excludes former 
partners if they are 
not registered, do not 
cohabitate or do not 
share a child

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: offences

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes unofficial 
relationships

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

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Table A5.  Indicator 5: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] psychological violence, as recorded 
by the police

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

BE

No: offences

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes 
non-familial domestic 
relationships

Yes

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: victims where the 
primary incident was 
psychological violence

No: domestic violence 
incidents with 
psychological violence

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes intimate 
partners

No: excludes 
non-married partners 
unless officially 
registered, 
cohabitating or 
experiencing ongoing 
violence

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes 
non-married and 
former partners

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes 

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit without 
legal or family ties

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

No: victims in cases 
with specific forms of 
violence

No: female victims in 
cases with specific 
forms of violence

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: victims in cases 
that include specific 
forms of domestic 
violence

No: victims in cases 
that include specific 
forms of violence in 
any relationship

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Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

N/A: no data shared

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

Yes

No: offences

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: domestic violence 
by an intimate partner

Yes

No: excludes former 
partners if they are 
not registered,  do not 
cohabitate or do not 
share a child

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: offences

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes unofficial 
relationships

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

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Table A6.  Indicator 6: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] sexual violence, as recorded by the 
police

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

BE

No: offences

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes 
non-familial domestic 
relationships

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: data on total 
victims by an intimate 
partner only refers to 
female victims

No: excludes 
non-married partners 
unless officially 
registered, 
cohabitating or 
experiencing ongoing 
violence

No: excludes intimate 
partners

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes 
non-married and 
former partners

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement not 
entirely comparable

Yes 

N/A: no data shared

Yes 

Yes 

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: victims where the 
primary incident was 
sexual violence

Partly: any 
relationship data 
refers to victims. 
Domestic violence 
data refers to 
domestic violence 
incidents involving 
sexual violence

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

N/A: no data shared

Yes

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Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit without 
legal or family ties

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Yes

Yes

No: data on total 
victims by an intimate 
partner only refers to 
female victims

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: victims in cases 
with specific forms of 
violence

No: female victims in 
cases with specific 
forms of violence

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: victims in cases 
that include specific 
forms of domestic 
violence

No: victims in cases 
that include specific 
forms of violence in 
any relationship

Annexes

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

No: sex of the victim 
not comparable

N/A: no data shared

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

Yes

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: domestic violence 
by an intimate partner

Yes

No: excludes former 
partners if they are 
not registered, do not 
cohabitate or do not 
share a child

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: offences

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes unofficial 
relationships

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

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Table A7.  Indicator 7: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] economic violence, as recorded by 
the police

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

BE

No: offences

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes 
non-familial domestic 
relationships

Yes

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes intimate 
partners

No: excludes 
non-married partners 
unless officially 
registered, 
cohabitating or 
experiencing ongoing 
violence

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes 
non-married and 
former partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: victims where the 
primary incident was 
economic violence

No: intimate partner 
violence data refers to 
relationships. 
Domestic violence 
data refers to 
domestic violence 
incidents with 
economic violence

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit without 
legal or family ties

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
entirely comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: domestic violence 
by an intimate partner

Yes

No: excludes former 
partners if they are 
not registered,  do not 
cohabitate or do not 
share a child

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: plaintiffs

Yes

Yes

No: excludes unofficial 
relationships

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

SE

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

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Table A8.  Indicator 8: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] rape, as recorded by the police

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

BE

No: offences

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes 
non-familial domestic 
relationships

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes intimate 
partners

No: excludes 
non-married partners 
unless officially 
registered, 
cohabitating or 
experiencing ongoing 
violence

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes 
non-married and 
former partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit without 
legal or family ties

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: sex of the victim 
not comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement not 
entirely comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: victims where the 
primary incident was 
rape

Partly: domestic 
violence data refers to 
victims. However, 
intimate partner 
violence data refers to 
relationships.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: data on total 
victims only refers to 
female victims

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

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Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: data on total 
victims only refers to 
female victims

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: sex of the victim 
not comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

LT

Yes

Yes

Partly: data on total 
victims by an intimate 
partner and domestic 
perpetrator only 
refers to female 
victims

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

No: sex of the victim 
not comparable

No: sex of the victim 
not comparable

Yes

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

No: victims in cases 
with specific forms of 
violence

No: female victims in 
cases with specific 
forms of violence

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: victims in cases 
that include specific 
forms of domestic 
violence

No: victims in cases 
that include specific 
forms of violence in 
any relationship

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes: data may include 
female victims if 
information about the 
individuals was 
incomplete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes former 
partners if they are 
not registered,  do not 
cohabitate or do not 
share a child

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: offences

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes unofficial 
relationships

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

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Table A9.  Indicator 9: annual number of [female and total] victims of [intimate partner / domestic / any] femicide/homicide, as recorded by 
the police

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

BE

No: offences

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

No: excludes 
non-familial domestic 
relationships

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: victims where the 
primary incident was 
homicide or 
manslaughter

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes intimate 
partners

No: excludes 
non-married partners 
unless officially 
registered, 
cohabitating or 
experiencing ongoing 
violence

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: excludes 
non-married and 
former partners

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes current 
and former non-
cohabitating partners

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit without 
legal or family ties

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
entirely comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No metadata shared

No metadata shared

No metadata shared

No metadata shared

No metadata shared

N/A: no data shared

No metadata shared

No metadata shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes former 
partners if they are 
not registered,  do not 
cohabitate or do not 
share a child

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes unofficial 
relationships

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

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Table A10.  Indicator 10: annual number of protection orders [applied for and granted] in cases of [intimate partner / domestic / any] 
violence against [female and total] victims

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
protection orders 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

BE

No: restraining orders N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes 
non-cohabitating 
persons

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

BG

CZ

DK

DE

Yes

Yes

Yes: protection 
measures against 
violence and stalking

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes intimate 
partners

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

EE

No: restraining orders N/A: no data shared

Yes 

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Partly: intimate 
partner violence data 
refers to protection 
orders. Domestic 
violence and any 
violence data refers to 
victims with 
protection orders

Yes

Yes

No: refers to ‘gender 
violence’

No: excludes intimate 
partners

No: only includes 
intimate partner and 
domestic 
relationships; excludes 
other violence

No: sex of the 
perpetrator and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit without 
legal or family ties

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: protection orders 
for victims in cases 
with specific forms of 
violence

No: protection orders 
for female victims in 
cases with specific 
forms of violence

Yes

No: protection orders 
for victims in cases 
that include intimate 
partner violence

No: victims in cases 
that include specific 
forms of domestic 
violence

No: victims in cases 
that include specific 
forms of violence in 
any relationship

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement, sex of 
the victim and 
relationships not 
comparable

HU

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

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State

Statistical unit: 
protection orders 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Relationship: intimate 
partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No metadata shared

No metadata shared

No metadata shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No metadata shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No metadata shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: includes 
temporary protection 
orders issued by the 
police

Yes

Yes

No: excludes unofficial 
relationships

No: excludes intimate 
partners

Yes

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: relationships not 
comparable

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

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Table A11.  Indicator 11: annual number of male perpetrators prosecuted for [intimate partner / domestic / any] violence against [female 
and total] victims

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
perpetrators 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Sex of the 
perpetrator: male

Relationship: 
intimate partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Yes: defendants in 
cases

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

No: refers to 
intra-family 
violence within a 
couple

No: excludes 
intra-family 
violence within a 
couple

N/A: no data shared

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partly: before 2022, 
data excludes 
former (non-
married) partners

Partly: before 2022, 
data excludes 
former (non-
married) partners

N/A: no data shared Partly: relationships 
not comparable for 
all years

Partly: relationships 
not comparable for 
all years

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes 

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: total 
perpetrators

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

No: sex of the 
perpetrator not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: refers to 
‘gender violence’

No: excludes 
intimate partners

No: relationships 
not comparable

No: relationships 
not comparable

No: relationships 
not comparable

No: only includes 
intimate partner 
and domestic 
relationships; 
excludes other 
violence

FR

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships 
not comparable

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit 
without legal or 
family ties

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No metadata shared No metadata shared No metadata shared No metadata shared No metadata shared No metadata shared N/A: no data shared No metadata shared No metadata shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

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RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
perpetrators 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Sex of the 
perpetrator: male

Relationship: 
intimate partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: total 
perpetrators

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: sex of the 
perpetrator not 
comparable

No: sex of the 
perpetrator not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes: data refers to 
suspects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Table A12.  Indicator 12: annual number of male perpetrators sentenced for [intimate partner / domestic / any] violence against [female 
and total] victims

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
perpetrators 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Sex of the 
perpetrator: male

Relationship: 
intimate partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes: persons 
convicted with an 
effective or 
conditional 
sentence that has 
come into force

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: persons 
convicted for crimes 
perpetrated in a 
situation of 
domestic violence

No: persons 
convicted for rape, 
not violence in any 
relationship

N/A: no data shared

No: relationships 
not comparable

No: relationships 
not comparable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partly: before 2022, 
data excludes 
former (non-
married) partners

Partly: before 2022, 
data excludes 
former (non-
married) partners

N/A: no data shared Partly: relationships 
not comparable for 
all years

Partly: relationships 
not comparable for 
all years

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes 

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared No: men sentenced 

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

under Article 
121(2.2) of the 
Penal Code

No: relationships 
not comparable

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: total 
perpetrators

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

No: sex of the 
perpetrator not 
comparable

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: refers to 
‘gender violence’

No: excludes 
intimate partners

No: relationships 
not comparable

No: relationships 
not comparable

No: relationships 
not comparable

No: only includes 
intimate partner 
and domestic 
relationships; 
excludes other 
violence

FR

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No: relationships 
not comparable

N/A: no data shared

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit 
without legal or 
family ties

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: refers to a 
subset of domestic 
violence data

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No: relationships 
not comparable

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

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Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
perpetrators 

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Sex of the 
perpetrator: male

Relationship: 
intimate partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: any 
violence

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes 

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No: judgments and 
prosecutorial 
decisions where a 
person has been 
found guilty of a 
crime

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared N/A: no data shared

No: unit of 
measurement not 
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Table A13.  Indicator 13: number of male perpetrators held in prison or with a sanction involving a form of deprivation of liberty for 
[intimate partner / domestic / any] violence against [female and total] victims

Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Reference period 
(31 December)

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Sex of the 
perpetrator: male

Relationship: 
intimate partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

No: criminal 
offences resulting 
in imprisonment

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

No: perpetrators 
sent to prison

No: refers to the 
calendar year 
(1 January– 
31 December)

No: refers to the 
calendar year 
(1 January– 
31 ecember)

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes 

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

No: data excludes 
persons that do 
not share a 
common 
residence

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

No: refers to 
‘gender violence’

No: excludes 
intimate partners

FR

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: excludes 
relationships in a 
domestic unit 
without legal or 
family ties

Yes

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: 
any violence

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

No: unit of 
measurement not 
comparable

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

No: relationships 
not comparable

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

No: men convicted 
under 
Article 121(2.2) 
of the Penal Code

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

No: reference 
period not 
comparable

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

No: only includes 
intimate partner 
and domestic 
relationships; 
excludes other 
violence

N/A: no data 
shared

No: unit of 
measurement, 
reference period 
and relationships 
not comparable

No: unit of 
measurement, 
reference period 
and relationships 
not comparable

No: reference 
period and 
relationships not 
comparable

Yes

No: relationships 
not comparable

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

No: reference 
period not 
comparable

N/A: no data 
shared

HR

IT

Yes

No: refers to the 
calendar year 
(1 January– 
31 December)

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

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Statistical unit: 
victims 

Reference period 
(31 December)

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Sex of the 
perpetrator: male

Relationship: 
intimate partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

No: perpetrators 
that should be in 
prison based on 
their conviction

No: refers to the 
calendar year 
(1 January– 
31 December)

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

No: male prisoners 
in 
custody on 
31 December, 
including those 
with pending 
proceedings for 
violence against 
women

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

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Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: 
any violence

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

No: unit of 
measurement and 
reference period 
not comparable

No: unit of 
measurement and 
reference period 
not comparable

No: unit of 
measurement and 
reference period 
not comparable

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

No: unit of 
measurement and 
relationships not 
comparable

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

No: all persons 
were not 
necessarily 
convicted of 
violence against 
women. Data is 
based on offences 
indicated in the 
proceedings 
against them

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

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Member 
State

Statistical unit: 
victims 

Reference period 
(31 December)

Sex of the victim: 
female

Sex of the victim: 
total

Sex of the 
perpetrator: male

Relationship: 
intimate partner

Relationship: 
domestic

Relationship: any

Comparability: 
intimate partner 
violence

Comparability: 
domestic violence

Comparability: 
any violence

FI

Yes: male 
prisoners 
sentenced for 
homicide or 
violent offences, 
and males 
prosecuted that 
are held in prison 
on remand

SE

Yes

No: refers to 
either 1 May or 
31 December of 
each year

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

No: 
refers to 
1 October

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Yes

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

No: reference 
period not 
comparable

No: reference 
period not 
comparable

Annex 2.  Details on police sector data (Indicators 1–9)

Table A14.  Data collection procedures for the police sector data (Indicators 1–9)

Member 
State

Data providers and sources

Does the police data include 
offences recorded by all police 
forces?

Is the police data based on 
the calendar year?

At what stage is police data collected 
for inclusion in crime statistics?

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE

National General Data Bank (police database)

Shared by the Ministry of the Interior; retrieved from General 
Directorate National Police

Yes

Yes

Czechia police crime statistics

Statistics Denmark

Retrieved from online sources published by the Federal Criminal 
Police Office, and by Eurostat

Shared by the Ministry of the Interior (Indicators 1–8) and Eurostat 
(Indicator 9: any homicide data); retrieved from domestic violence 
information sheets (Indicators 1–6) and the police’s private 
database of registered crimes (Indicator 8).

Shared by the Central Statistics Office; retrieved from PULSE, the 
national police service’s crime database

No: data includes Czechia, region, 
district and basic unit

Yes

Yes

Yes

No: data includes An Garda 
Síochána, the police service of 
Ireland

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Input (at the time the offence is first 
reported to police)

Process (after offence is reported but 
before full investigation)

Input (at the time the offence is first 
reported to police)

Statistics Denmark collects and 
publishes data annually. The police 
send consolidated information, which 
can be processed at various stages

Output (after full investigation)

Input (at the time the offence is first 
reported to police)

Input (at the time the offence is first 
reported to police) – and updated 
further as crime investigation 
progresses

Age ranges of 
victims (Indicators 
1–9)

Age ranges of 
perpetrators 
(Indicator 3)

14–99

14–99

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

All 

15+

0–60

All

All

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Data providers and sources

Shared by General Secretariat for Equality and Human Rights; 
retrieved from the ‘Domestic violence’ application of the Hellenic 
Police’s digital system

Shared by the Ministry of the Interior; retrieved from the Sistema 
Estadístico de Criminalidad

Shared by French ministerial statistical offices; retrieved from the 
police and Gendarmerie's statistical database

Retrieved from reports by the Ombudsperson for Gender Equality 
(Indicator 1 for DV data and Indicator 9 for data for IPV / DV / 
violence in any relationship; and reports by the Ministry of the 
Interior (Indicators 1 and 4–8 for violence in any relationship, 
Indicators 2 and 3 for DV / violence in any relationship)

Does the police data include 
offences recorded by all police 
forces?

N/A: only one force

Yes

Yes

N/A: only one force

Shared by the Italian National Institute of Statistics; retrieved from 
the Ministry of the Interior

Yes

Official police statistics

N/A: only one force

Shared by the Central Bureau of Statistics; retrieved from the 
Ministry of the Interior

Ministry of the Interior

Yes

Yes

Police database ‘informations policières’

No information shared

Shared by Hungarian Central Statistical Office; retrieved from the 
Unified System of Criminal Statistics of Investigative Authorities 
and of Public Prosecution

Yes

Shared by the National Statistics Office; retrieved from Malta Police 
Force

No information shared

Statistics Netherlands

N/A: only one force

Eurostat (Indicators 6, 8 and 9)

N/A: no data shared

Is the police data based on 
the calendar year?

At what stage is police data collected 
for inclusion in crime statistics?

Age ranges of 
victims (Indicators 
1–9)

Age ranges of 
perpetrators 
(Indicator 3)

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Yes

Yes

No: data refers to 
3 January–2 January

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Input (at the time the offence is first 
reported to the police)

Other – input/process

Police data can be collected for 
inclusion in crime statistics at 
different stages (input/process/
output) 

Unknown by data provider

Input (at the time the offence is first 
reported to the police)

Process (after offence is reported but 
before full investigation)

Process (after offence is reported but 
before full investigation)

Input (at the time the offence is first 
reported to the police)

Process (after offence is reported but 
before full investigation)

Output (after full investigation)

Input (at the time the offence is first 
reported to the police)

Input (at the time the offence is first 
reported to the police)

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

No metadata shared

No metadata shared

All

14+

All

All

N/A: no data 
shared

All

N/A: no data 
shared

16+ (14+ for 
very serious 
offences)

All

All

All

N/A: no data 
shared

N/A: no data 
shared

Police Electronic Reporting System (Indicators 1 and 3) and National 
Police Information System (Indicators 8–9) 

Don't know: the police is one, but 
divided into different types of 
services –preventive, 
investigative, supporting, etc.

Yes: the data may also 
contain information on 
crimes committed in 
previous years and 
registered in the current 
calendar year

Output (after full investigation)

No information 
shared

No information 
shared

The Ministry of Internal Administration (Indicators 1–7 and 9) and 
the Directorate-General for Justice Policy of the Ministry of Justice 
(Indicator 8)

Yes

Yes

Input (at the time the offence is first 
reported to the police)

All

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ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

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NL

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PL

PT

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Member 
State

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

Data providers and sources

General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police

Does the police data include 
offences recorded by all police 
forces?

No: statistical databases of the 
General Inspectorate of the 
Romanian Police only. The data 
provided does not include 
information and data collected by 
the General Inspectorate of the 
Border Police

Is the police data based on 
the calendar year?

At what stage is police data collected 
for inclusion in crime statistics?

Partly: 2014 data refers to 
1 February to 31 December; 
2015–2022 data refers to 
1 January–31 December

Input (at the time the offence is first 
reported to police)

Age ranges of 
victims (Indicators 
1–9)

Age ranges of 
perpetrators 
(Indicator 3)

All

All

Slovenian National Police Force’s database of criminal offences

N/A: only one force

Yes

Output (after full investigation)

Information not 
available

14+

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Shared by Statistics Finland; retrieved from national police 
information system (PATJA) and Statistics Finland registers

Shared by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention 
(Brottsförebyggande)

Yes

Partly: in 2015, 21 county police 
authorities ceased to exist and 
instead became a single police 
authority divided into seven 
regions

Yes

Yes

Process (after offence is reported but 
before full investigation)

Input (at the time the offence is first 
reported to police)

All

18+. The age of the 
victims may in some 
cases be younger for 
2014–2018

N/A: no data 
shared

All

15+

NB: DV, domestic violence; IPV, intimate partner violence.

Table A15.  Counting rules for the police sector data (Indicators 1–9)

Member 
State

Was the principal 
offence rule used to 
count victims? 
(Indicators 1 and 4–9)

Was the principal 
offence rule used to 
count offences? 
(Indicator 2)

Was the principal 
offence rule used to 
count perpetrators? 
(Indicator 3)

How does the police 
count victims of multiple 
(serial) offences? 
(Indicators 1 and 4–9)

How does the police 
count multiple (serial) 
offences that occur 
between a victim and a 
perpetrator in the same 
year? 
(Indicator 2)

How does the police 
count perpetrators of 
multiple (serial) 
offences? 
(Indicator 3)

How are offences 
committed by more than 
one person counted by 
the police? 
(Indicator 2)

If an offence is 
committed by multiple 
persons, how does the 
police count the number 
of perpetrators? 
(Indicator 3)

As one offence

As one person

As one offence

As two or more persons

N/A: no data shared for 
Indicator 1. Data 
provided for Indicators 
4–9 refers to offences 
instead of victims

No: the police also 
provided data on 
offences for Indicators 
4–9. The principal 
offence rule also wasn’t 
used to count offences 
for those indicators

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

N/A: no data shared for 
Indicator 1. Data 
provided for Indicators 
4–9 refers to offences 
instead of victims

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

As two or more persons

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

No

No

No

As two or more persons As two or more offences As two or more persons

As one offence

As two or more persons

As two or more persons

As one offence

As one person

As two or more offences As two or more persons

As one person

As one offence

As one person

As one offence

As two or more persons

As two or more persons As two or more offences As two or more persons

As one offence

As two or more persons

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If an offence is 
committed by multiple 
persons, how does the 
police count the number 
of perpetrators? 
(Indicator 3)

As two or more persons

How does the police 
count multiple (serial) 
offences that occur 
between a victim and a 
perpetrator in the same 
year? 
(Indicator 2)

As one offence, although 
data refers to ‘crime 
incidents’ instead of 
offences

How does the police 
count perpetrators of 
multiple (serial) 
offences? 
(Indicator 3)

How are offences 
committed by more than 
one person counted by 
the police? 
(Indicator 2)

As two or more offences, 
although data refers to 
‘crime incidents’ instead 
of offences

Other: the police count 
perpetrators of multiple 
offences against the 
same victim as one 
person. If they harm 
multiple victims, they are 
counted as two or more 
persons

Member 
State

Was the principal 
offence rule used to 
count victims? 
(Indicators 1 and 4–9)

Was the principal 
offence rule used to 
count offences? 
(Indicator 2)

Was the principal 
offence rule used to 
count perpetrators? 
(Indicator 3)

How does the police 
count victims of multiple 
(serial) offences? 
(Indicators 1 and 4–9)

IE

Yes

Yes, although data refers 
to ‘crime incidents’ 
instead of offences

Other: the police count 
victims of multiple 
offences by the same 
offender as one person. 
If harmed by multiple 
offenders, they are 
counted as two or more 
persons

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

HU

MT

No

Yes

No

No information shared

No

No

As one person

As two or more offences

As one person

As one offence

As two or more persons

As two or more persons

No information shared

As one person

No information shared

As two or more persons

As one person

As two or more offences

As one person

As two or more offences As two or more persons

As two or more persons As two or more offences

As one person

No information shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No

No

No

No

Yes

N/A: no data shared

As one person

As two or more offences

N/A: no data shared

As one offence

N/A: no data shared

No

No

No

Yes

As one person

As two or more offences

As one person

As one offence

As two or more persons

As one offence

As two or more persons

Other: when a complaint 
is filed, a case is opened, 
and all related offences 
are grouped together, 
counting the victim and 
perpetrator only once. If 
the same individuals are 
involved in a new case 
later, they receive new 
IDs and may be counted 
multiple times

Other: if the same 
offence occurs again 
between the same two 
people, it is recorded as a 
new case. Due to data 
protection, individuals 
receive new IDs for each 
case, making it 
impossible to determine 
if multiple offences 
occurred between the 
same victim and 
perpetrator within the 
same year

Other: when a complaint 
is filed, a case is opened, 
and all related offences 
are grouped together, 
counting the victim and 
perpetrator only once. If 
the same individuals are 
involved in a new case 
later, they receive new 
IDs and may be counted 
multiple times

As two or more persons As two or more offences As two or more persons

As one offence

As two or more persons

As two or more persons As two or more offences As two or more persons

As one offence

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Member 
State

Was the principal 
offence rule used to 
count victims? 
(Indicators 1 and 4–9)

Was the principal 
offence rule used to 
count offences? 
(Indicator 2)

Was the principal 
offence rule used to 
count perpetrators? 
(Indicator 3)

How does the police 
count victims of multiple 
(serial) offences? 
(Indicators 1 and 4–9)

Other: for Indicator 6 
(sexual violence), the 
principal offence rule was 
used for counting the 
number of victims until 
mid-2018. Afterwards, 
the principal offence rule 
was not used. No 
information was shared 
for Indicator 9

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Other: for Indicator 6 
(sexual violence), the 
police count victims of 
multiple (serial) offences 
as two or more persons; 
no information was 
shared or needed for 
Indicator 9, as a victim 
can only be killed once

How does the police 
count multiple (serial) 
offences that occur 
between a victim and a 
perpetrator in the same 
year? 
(Indicator 2)

How does the police 
count perpetrators of 
multiple (serial) 
offences? 
(Indicator 3)

How are offences 
committed by more than 
one person counted by 
the police? 
(Indicator 2)

If an offence is 
committed by multiple 
persons, how does the 
police count the number 
of perpetrators? 
(Indicator 3)

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No metadata shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

As one person

As two or more offences

As one person

As one offence

As two or more persons

As one offence

As two or more persons

Other: if multiple 
offences are in the same 
file, victims are counted 
once. If in separate files, 
victims are counted once 
per file

Other: if multiple 
offences are in the same 
file, only the gravest 
offence is counted. If in 
separate files, the 
gravest offence is 
counted for each file. 
Multiple offences by the 
same perpetrator in the 
same year are 
statistically counted only 
once

Other: if multiple 
offences are in the same 
file, victims are counted 
once. If in separate files, 
victims are counted once 
per file

No

No

No

As two or more persons As two or more offences As two or more persons As two or more offences As two or more persons

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Partly: principal offence 
rule was used for 
Indicator 1, but not for 
Indicators 4–9

No

No

No

No

No

As two or more persons As two or more offences As one person; however, 
the police can also apply 
a multiplier if preferred

As one offence

As two or more persons

As two or more persons As two or more offences

As one person

As one offence

As two or more persons

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

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Table A16.  Data collection procedures for the justice sector data (Indicators 10–13)

Member 
State

Key data sources

What kind of courts are 
included in data for 
Indicator 10?

Is the data for 
Indicators 10–12 based 
on calendar year?

Is the data for Indicator 
13 based on 
31 December of each 
year?

What stage in the 
process does data refer 
to? (Indicator 12)

Age ranges of victims 
(Indicators 10–13)

Age ranges of 
perpetrators 
(Indicators 11–13)

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BE

BG

CZ

DK

College of the Courts of Belgium (Indicator 10: restraining 
order applications)

National Statistical Institute

Civil/family courts 
(restraining order 
applications) and public 
prosecutors office 
(temporary residence 
bans)

N/A: no data shared

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Information not 
available

N/A: no data shared

After appeals

All (Indicator 12); no 
information shared 
(Indicator 10)

Partly: for Indicator 12, 
the number of persons 
convicted includes the 
information from penal 
trials with a sentence 
that has come into force 
during the reference 
year. 

Details not confirmed 
regarding Indicator 10 
(which was provided by 
the Ministry of the 
Interior).

18+

14+

Ministry of Justice (Indicators 10–12) and Directorate – 
General of the Prison Service (Indicator 13)

Criminal and civil/family 
courts

Police case management system (POLSAS) (Indicator 10); 
Statistics Denmark (Indicators 11–12); national correctional 
service (Indicator 13)

Protection orders are 
issued by the police, and 
decisions can be 
brought before criminal 
courts

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

After appeals

18–65 (2014–2021); all 
(2022)

After appeals

All

15+

15+

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Member 
State

DE

EE

IE

EL

ES

FR

HR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

Key data sources

Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice

Shared by the Central Statistics Office and retrieved from 
court services of Ireland. 

Shared by the General Secretariat for Equality and Human 
Rights and retrieved from the Ministry of Justice 
(Indicators 11 and 12) and the Ministry of Climate Crisis 
and Civil Protection (Indicator 13)

General Council of the Judiciary (Indicator 10 – IPV); 
Spanish Statistical Office (Indicator 10 – domestic 
violence / violence in any relationship; Indicators 11–13)

Ministry of Justice 

Civil/family courts

Criminal and civil/family 
courts

Criminal courts and 
family courts (no civil 
courts)

N/A: no data shared

Criminal courts (DV / 
violence in any 
relationship); 
information not 
available for IPV

Civil/family courts

Ministry of Justice and Public Administration

Criminal courts

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

What kind of courts are 
included in data for 
Indicator 10?

Is the data for 
Indicators 10–12 based 
on calendar year?

Is the data for Indicator 
13 based on 
31 December of each 
year?

What stage in the 
process does data refer 
to? (Indicator 12)

Age ranges of victims 
(Indicators 10–13)

Age ranges of 
perpetrators 
(Indicators 11–13)

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

Yes

After appeals

No information shared

14+

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

All

All

N/A: no data shared

15+ (Indicator 13) and 
all (Indicators 11–12)

After appeals

After appeals

14+ (IPV); all (DV / 
violence in any 
relationship)

After appeals

After appeals

All

All

14+

All

All

No: data refers to the 
calendar year 
(1 January– 
31 December)

No: data refers to the 
calendar year 
(1 January– 
31 December)

Yes

No: data refers to the 
calendar year 
(1 January– 
31 December)

National Institute of Statistics

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Data shared by the statistical department under the 
supervision of the general prosecutor based on the 
information available in the case management system that 
contains administrative data from national prosecution 
services, national courts and criminal records

Unified System of Criminal Statistics of Investigative 
Authorities and of Public Prosecution (Indicator 11), 
national statistical data collection programme No 
1294-1295 (Indicator 12) and register of the Hungarian 
Prison Service Headquarters (Indicator 13). Details on the 
source of Indicator 10 were not confirmed

Criminal courts

Yes

No: data refers to the 
calendar year 
(1 January– 
31 December)

After appeals

All

18+

Criminal courts

Yes

Yes

After appeals

All (Indicator 11); 
information not 
available (Indicators 10, 
12 and 13)

12+ (Indicators 11–12) 
and 16–89 (Indicator 
13)

Office of the Attorney General

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No information shared No information shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Data shared by the Ministry of Justice and retrieved from 
Statistics Austria

N/A: no data shared

Ministry of Justice

Criminal courts

Directorate-General for Justice Policy

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

After appeals

N/A: no data shared

Yes

Before appeals

Before appeals

All

All

All

14+

18+

16+

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What kind of courts are 
included in data for 
Indicator 10?

Is the data for 
Indicators 10–12 based 
on calendar year?

Is the data for Indicator 
13 based on 
31 December of each 
year?

What stage in the 
process does data refer 
to? (Indicator 12)

Age ranges of victims 
(Indicators 10–13)

Age ranges of 
perpetrators 
(Indicators 11–13)

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Shared by the Superior Council of Magistracy and retrieved 
from Statis, the European Criminal Records Information 
System and the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High 
Court of Cassation and Justice (Indicator 12); statistical 
department of the Public Ministry (Indicators 10 and 11) 
and database of the National Administration of 
Penetentaries (Indicator 13)

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Statistics Finland

Criminal courts

Yes

Yes

After appeals

All (Indicators 10–11); 
information not 
available (Indicators 
12–13)

14+ (Indicator 11); 16+ 
(Indicator 12) and 
18–75 (Indicator 13)

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

Criminal courts

Member 
State

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

District Attorney’s office (Indicator 10) and Swedish 
National Council for Crime Prevention 
(Brottsförebyggande) (Indicators 11–13)

District Attorney’s 
office

NB: DV, domestic violence; IPV, intimate partner violence.

Yes

Yes

Other: data refers to 
either 1 May or  
31 December of each 
year

No: data refers to 
1 October of each year

15+

15+

After appeals

All

Before appeals

18+ (Indicator 11; no 
ages are registered for 
intentional homicide 
(0101) and non-
intentional homicide 
(0103)); information not 
available (Indicators 10, 
12 and 13)

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Table A17.  Counting rules for the justice sector data (Indicators 10–13)

Member 
State

Was the principal offence rule used to count the number of 
perpetrators? 
(Indicators 11 and 12)

How is a perpetrator counted who is convicted for multiple (serial) 
offences of the same type?  
(Indicators 11 and 12)

How is a person counted who is convicted more than once (on 
separate occasions) in one year? (Indicators 11 and 12)

As two or more persons

As one person

As one person

As one person

N/A: no data shared

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

As one person

As one person

As one person

As two or more persons

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

As one person

As two or more persons

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

As one person

As one person

As one person

As one person

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

As two or more persons

As one person

As two or more persons

As two or more persons

As two or more persons

As two or more persons

N/A: no data shared

As two or more persons

N/A: no data shared

As two or more persons

As one person

As two or more persons

As two or more persons

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

As two or more persons

As two or more persons

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

As two or more persons

As one person

As two or more persons

As two or more persons

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

As two or more persons

As two or more persons

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

No

Yes

No

Yes

N/A: no data shared

No

N/A: no data shared

Yes

No

No

No

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No

No

No information shared

N/A: no data shared

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A: no data shared

N/A: no data shared

No

Yes

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