Indicator 8: Annual number of women (aged 18 and over) victims reporting rape committed by men (aged 18 and over), as recorded by police

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Indicator 8

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8. Indicator 8: Annual number of women

(aged 18 and over) victims reporting rape

committed by men (aged 18 and over), as

recorded by police

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

(57) https://eige.europa.eu/publications/glossary-definitions-rape-femicide-and-intimate-par tner-violence

8.1. Statistical unit

The statistical unit for indicator 8 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’ (56).

8.2. Type of oence

The oence covered by indicator 8 is rape,

dened as 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’ (57).

8.3. Reference area

Data and metadata for indicator 8 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:

• Czechia

• Germany

• Estonia

• Greece

• France

• Latvia

• Lithuania

• Austria

• Slovenia

• Slovakia

• Finland.

Non-comparable data are available for:

• Bulgaria

• Denmark

• Ireland

• Spain

• Croatia

• Italy

• Cyprus

• Malta

• Poland

• Portugal

• Sweden

• United Kingdom-England and Wales

• United Kingdom-Northern Ireland

• United Kingdom-Scotland.

No data are available for:

• Belgium

• Luxembourg

• Hungary

• Netherlands

• Romania.