The police and gendarmerie services recorded a 16% increase in domestic violence which affected 142,310 people of all sexes combined in 2019, the statistics service of the Ministry of the Interior announced on Monday.
About 88% of victims of domestic violence are women, or 125,840, a stable proportion compared to 2018, according to these figures from the ministry, which do not count homicides. In 2019, 146 women were killed by their spouse or ex-partner, 25 more than the previous year, according to the latest official figures released in August.
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The increase in domestic violence reflects, according to Beauvau, “a possible positive effect of the Grenelle on domestic violence” launched in September 2019, “which was able to encourage victims to file more complaints and promote better reception by the security services”.
Among this violence, 3% concern complaints for rape or sexual assault, 98% of which are filed by women (4,320 out of 4,400).
The highest rate is in the Doubs
The highest rates of domestic violence are found in the Doubs (as in 2018) followed, but at a lower level, by the Côte-d’Or, the Côtes-d’Armor and the Seine-Saint-Denis.
Corsica and Creuse, on the other hand, have the lowest rates.
According to the Living Environment and Safety victimization surveys carried out by INSEE to supplement the raw data of the complaints registered, 295,000 people, including 213,000 women, declare on average that they have been victims of physical and / or sexual violence by their spouse. or ex-spouse between 2011 and 2018.
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