Indicator 5: Annual number of women (aged 18 and over) victims of psychological intimate partner violence committed by men (aged 18 and over), as recorded by police

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Indicator 5

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5. Indicator 5: Annual number of women

(aged 18 and over) victims of psychological

intimate partner violence committed by

men (aged 18 and over), as recorded by

police

(47) https://eige.europa.eu/thesaurus/terms/1424

(48) https://eige.europa.eu/publications/glossary-definitions-rape-femicide-and-intimate-partner-violence

5.1. Statistical unit

The statistical unit for indicator 5 is the number

of victims. A victim is ‘a natural person who has

suered harm, including physical, mental or emo-

tional harm or economic loss which was directly

caused by a criminal oence, as well as the family

members of a person whose death was directl y

caused by a criminal oence and who have suf-

fered harm as a result of that person’s death’ (

47

).

5.2. Type of oence

The oence covered by indicator 5 is psycho-

logical intimate partner violence, dened as any

act or behaviour which causes ps ychological

harm to the partner or former partner. Psycho-

logical violence can take the form of, among

others, coercion, defamation, verbal insult or

harassment’ (48).

5.3. Reference area

Data and metadata for indicator 5 were col-

lected at national level for 27 EU Member States

and the three devolved jurisdictions which are

the lawful authorities in the policy area of law

and order in the United Kingdom (England and

Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland).

Comparable data are available for:

• Czechia

• Germany

• Latvia

• Finland.

Non-comparable data are available for:

• Belgium

• Estonia

• Spain

• France

• Croatia

• Italy

• Cyprus

• Lithuania

• Malta

• Austria

• Portugal

• Slovakia

• United Kingdom-England and Wales

• United Kingdom-Northern Ireland.

No data are available for:

• Bulgaria

• Denmark

• Ireland

• Greece

• Luxembourg

• Hungary

• Netherlands

• Poland

• Romania

• Slovenia

• Sweden

• United Kingdom-Scotland.