EIGE’s indicators on intimate partner violence, rape and femicide EU state of play

Abstract

This report analyses the current situation of data collection on intimate partner violence (IPV), rape and femicide in 30 different jurisdictions across all 27 EU Member States and the United Kingdom. Starting with a statistical assessment of the current situation in national data collection systems, the report is intended to inform policymakers on the availability of comparable and disaggregated data for policymaking, highlighting the strengths and limitations of available data for the formulation of policies. The report focuses on administrative data collected from 30 different jurisdictions across the EU Member States and the United Kingdom as a primary source for measuring the performance of institutions in preventing and tackling VAW. Although there are recognised benefits to using administrative data, considerable challenges have also been identified in the use of such data for statistical purposes. For this reason, the quality of the output from administrative sources is increasingly important, particularly in respect of the comparability of these statistics in the EU context. This report is based on an analysis of the most recent jurisdiction-level data and metadata collected by EIGE in March 2020.