Overview
- Police recorded 265,942 victims of domestic violence in 2024, with the BKA citing about 135,000 female victims and 132 women killed by partners or ex-partners.
- Berlin’s draft adopts Spain’s system linking an offender’s ankle tag to a victim’s GPS device to trigger proximity alerts to both the victim and police.
- Women’s shelters in Ulm and Neu‑Ulm report being at or near capacity with extended stays driven by housing shortages, while Ostholstein’s counseling cases rose to 761 in 2024 from 544 in 2023, including 33 high‑risk files.
- Wolfratshausen’s court handled 56 domestic-violence proceedings this year, up from 36 and 37 in the prior two years, underscoring broader local increases.
- Survivors and advocates call for mandatory training for police and courts and prevention in schools, noting large underreporting; Spain’s long-running model is cited as effective and Italy has introduced a new femicide offense with life sentences.