In 2023, 4.1 women out of every million women were victims of intentional homicide, by family members or intimate partners, in the EU, nearly double the rate for men at 2.2 per million men. 

Between 2015 and 2023, the intentional homicide rate for women in this intimate context in the EU fluctuated between 3.9 per million women in 2019, the lowest value, and 4.4 in 2022, the highest in this period. 

Intentional homicide victims by family members or intimate partners in the EU, 2015-2023 (police-recorded number of victims per one million inhabitants; by sex). Line chart. Link to full dataset below.

Source dataset: crim_hom_vrel

By contrast, the EU rate for male victims killed by family members or intimate partners remained notably lower, ranging from 1.9 in 2016 and 2021 to 2.3 per million men in 2015 and 2020. In 2023, the rate increased to 2.2 from 2.0 in 2022. 

This news item marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed every year on 25 November.Â