Reports

Femicide census reports dating back to 2009

2022 Femicide Census

The 2022 Femicide Census report analyses the deaths of 122 women killed by men in 2022.

Key findings from the 2022 Femicide Census

122 women were killed by men in the UK in 2022

51% women killed by men in 2022 were killed by a current or former intimate partner.

At least 40% of women killed by a current/former partner had left or were taking steps to leave him.

A sharp instrument, such as a knife, was used in the killing of 65 women (53%)

62 women were killed by a current or former partner. More women were killed by their son than by a stranger.

The vast majority of women were killed in their own home. Evidence of gratuitous violence was found in just over two-thirds of killings.

71 men (57%) were known to have histories of violence against women and/or were subject to monitoring or restrictions by a statutory agency at the time they killed.

84% of all who killed, 97% of those charged, were charged with murder, double or multiple murder.

Men used the brute force of their own bodies in the killings of 20 women (17%) by kicking, hitting and stamping a woman to death.

Despite years of government interventions to address men’s violence against women, girls and children the rate of femicide remains remarkably consistent.

Previous femicide reports

2000 Women report

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2021 report

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2020 report

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2019 report

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2018 report

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10 year report 2009-2018 report

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2017 report

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2016 report

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2009 - 2015

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