Other reports

More research and publications by the Femicide Census team on male violence against women and girls.

Femicide in Merseyside: 15 years of failing women

A report published in 2024 on men’s fatal violence against women and girls in Merseyside.

Key findings from the 2024 Merseyside report

95% of women knew their killers.

In cases of domestic homicide, at least 68% of men had a known history of violence against women including the women they ultimately killed.

56% of all killings of women were by men with whom they were or had been in an intimate relationship. This is slightly less than the national average 60%.

Between 2009 and 2023, 61 women were killed by men across Merseyside. A further two Merseyside women were killed by their male partners during short trips outside of the area.

Femicide census reports

2022 report

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2000 Women report

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2021 report

Download the 2021 femicide census report

2020 report

Download the report on 2020 femicides

2019 report

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2018 report

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10 year report 2009-2018 report

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2017 report

Download the report on 2017 femicides

2016 report

Download the report on 2016 femicides

2009 - 2015

Download the report of femicides committed between 2009 and 2015