Overview
- New BKA figures show 308 women and girls were violently killed in 2024, with 191 deaths caused by partners, ex-partners or other family members, and 859 victims of attempted or completed killings overall.
- The federal Lagebild also records increases in sexual offenses, domestic and digital violence, and cites a large dark figure alongside 266,000 victims of domestic violence, most targeted by someone they know.
- The FemiziDE study, based on closed 2017 case files, classified 133 of 197 verified killings of women as femicides, including 108 partner femicides frequently linked to separation or jealousy.
- Researchers identify recurring risks such as prior abuse, psychiatric disorders, substance use, social disadvantage and overrepresentation of people with migration experience, while many victims did not seek help and police sometimes misjudged escalation risk.
- The cabinet has advanced electronic monitoring for some domestic-violence offenders, the justice minister plans further legal steps, and advocates urge a formal femicide definition with systematic counting and targeted training for police and courts.