Indicator 7: Annual number of women (aged 18 and over) victims of economic intimate partner violence committed by men (aged 18 and over), as recorded by police

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Indicator 7

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7. Indicator 7: Annual number of women

(aged 18 and over) victims of economic

intimate partner violence committed by

men (aged 18 and over), as recorded by

police

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

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

7.1. Statistical unit

The statistical unit for indicator 7 is the num-

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

has suered harm, including physical, mental

or emotional 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 directly caused by a criminal oence and

who have suered harm as a result of that per-

son’s death’ (53).

7.2. Type of oence

The oence covered by indicator 7 is that of

economic intimate partner violence, dened as

‘any act or behaviour which causes economic

harm to the partner. Economic violence can take

the form of, among others, propert y damage,

restricting access to nancial resources, educa-

tion or the labour market, or not complying with

economic responsibilities, such as alimony’ (54).

7.3. Reference area

Data and metadata for indicator 7 were collected

at the 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:

• Latvia

Non-comparable data are available for:

• Belgium

• Czechia

• Germany

• Spain

• Malta

• Austria

• Portugal

• Slovakia

• Finland

• United Kingdom-England and Wales

• United Kingdom-Northern Ireland

• United Kingdom-Scotland

No data are available for:

• Bulgaria

• Denmark

• Estonia

• Ireland

• Greece

• France

• Croatia

• Italy

• Cyprus

• Lithuania

• Luxembourg

• Hungary

• Netherlands

• Poland

• Romania

• Slovenia