• According to the California Women‘s Health Survey (CWHS)1, approximately 40% of California women experience physical intimate partner violence in their lifetimes (male lifetime prevalence rates are not available).
• This same study found younger women, 18-24 years of age, were significantly more likely (11%) to be victims of physical intimate partner violence in the past year than women in other age groups.
• The CWHS1 also revealed statistically significant higher rates of intimate partner violence among women who had been pregnant in the last five years (12%).
• Of those experiencing physical intimate partner violence, 75% of victims had children under the age of 18 years at home.
• The Latin@s and Intimate Partner Violence fact sheet developed by Casa de Esperanza and Julia Perilla, Ph.D.
  • Para obtener la hoja de datos en español
  • To access the fact sheet in English
  

• According to the California Student Survey (CSS)2, at least one incident of physical dating violence was reported by 5.2% of 9th graders and 8.2% of 11th graders.
  • Among students who had a boy/girlfriend, the rates of dating violence were 8.8% in 9th grade and 12.8% in 11th grade.

• According to the California Department of Justice, Criminal Justice Statistics Center3, there were 113domestic violence fatalities in 2008 (the most recent year for which data is available).
  • These accounted for 5% of all homicides in the State.
  • Of the 113 domestic violence homicides in 2008, 99 of the victims were females (88%), and 14were males (12%).

• According to the California Department of Justice, Criminal Justice Statistics Center4, there were174, 649 domestic violence-related calls for assistance in 2007 (the most recent year for which data is available).
  • Of these calls, 40% involved the use of weapons.

• 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape (U.S. Department of Justice, Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Violence Against Women:Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey (1998).

• Three women are killed by a current or former intimate partner each day in America, on average (Bureau of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Homicide Trends from 1976-1999, (2001).

• Over 22 percent of women surveyed, compared to 7.4 percent of men, reported being physically assaulted by a current or former partner in their lifetime (Tjaden, P. & Thoennes, N. (2000, July). Extent, nature and consequences of intimate partner violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey. (NCJ181867). Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  

• Approximately 2.3 million people each year in the United States are raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend. Women who were physically assaulted by an intimate partner averaged 6.9 physical assaults per year by the same partner (National Institute of Justice and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey." July 2000).

• Approximately 37% of women seeking injury-related treatment in hospital emergency rooms were there because of injuries inflicted by a current or former spouse/partner (Rand, M. Violence-Related Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Room Departments 5 (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1997).

• Women are at an increased risk of harm shortly after separation from an abusive partner (Bachman, R. and Salzman, L., Bureau of Justice Statistics, Violence Against Women: Estimates From the Redesigned Survey 1 (January 2000).

Statistics

Abuse in California

2012 Statistics:
NNEDV Report: California Summary

2011 Statistics:
NNEDV Report: California Summary

2006 Statistics:

• In 2006, 141 people were killed by their partner, or ex-partner in California. California law enforcement received 176,299 domestic violence calls in 2006 - 80,946 calls involved weapons, which include firearms and knives. Each call is based on information from a written incident report.
• For 2006, 43,911 were arrested for domestic violence – this is lower than the 2005 arrest data of 45,083. The 2006 arrest total was composed of 35,264 males and 8,647 females. (California Department of Justice, Criminal Justice Statistics Center).

• In 2007, 110 women were killed by their husbands, ex-husbands or boyfriends in California and 18 men were killed by their wives, ex-wives or girlfriends. California law enforcement received 174,649 domestic violence calls in 2007 - 69,422 calls involved weapons, which include firearms and knives. Each call is based on information from a written incident report.
• In 2007, DOJ made 423 denials for firearms permits due to restraining order violations. As of April 2008, there were 246,444 domestic violence related orders (emergency protective orders, temporary restraining orders, orders after hearing, other domestic violence orders, criminal protective orders) on file with the department.

• In 2008, 99 women were killed by their husbands, ex-husbands or boyfriends in California and 14 men were killed by their wives, ex-wives or girlfriends. California law enforcement received 166,343 domestic violence calls in 2008 - 65,219 calls involved weapons, which include firearms and knives. Each call is based on information from a written incident report.

• Approximately 1.5 million women and 834,700 men are raped and/or physically assaulted by an intimate partner each year (Tjaden and Thoennes 2000a).
• Nearly two-thirds of women who reported being raped, physically assaulted, or stalked since age 18 were victimized by a current or former husband, cohabiting partner, boyfriend, or date (Tjaden and Thoennes 2000a).
• Among women who are physically assaulted or raped by an intimate partner, one in three is injured. Each year, more than 500,000 women injured as a result of IPV require medical treatment (Tjaden and Thoennes 2000a).
• As many as 324,000 women each year experience IPV during their pregnancy (Gazmararian, et al. 2000).
• Firearms were the major weapon type used in intimate partner homicides from 1981 to 1998 (Paulozzi, et al. 2001).

• On average, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in this country every day. In 2000, 1,247 women were killed by an intimate partner. In the same year, 440 men were killed by an intimate partner (Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Brief, Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, February 2003).

• According to estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey, there were nearly 700,000 nonfatal violence victimizations committed by current or former spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends of the victims during 2001. out of this number, 85% were crimes against women. (U.S. Department of Justice, Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by Current or Former Spouses, Boyfriends, and Girlfriends, March 1998).

• Thirty seven percent of women who sought treatment in an emergency room for violence-related injuries were injured by a current or former intimate partner. (U.S. Department of Justice, Violence by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by Current or Former Spouses, Boyfriends, and Girlfriends, March 1998).

• Abuse in relationships exists among all classes, races and cultural groups, although women between ages 16 and 24 are nearly three times more vulnerable to intimate partner violence (Intimate Partner Violence & Age of Victim, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1999).

• A recent National Crime Victimization survey found that women were 6 times more than men to experience violence at the hands of an intimate partner. Intimate partners include current or former spouses, boyfriends, girlfriends, dating partners, regardless of whether they are cohabiting or not. (Violence Against Women: Estimates from the Re-designed Survey, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1998).

• In a national study of college students, 27.5% of the women surveyed said that they had suffered rape or attempted rape at least once since age 14. Only 5% of those experiences were reported to the police. The term “hidden rape” has emerged because this survey and many other studies found that sexual assaults are seldom reported to the police. (Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control, 2003).

• On September 17, 2008, seventy-eight percent of identified domestic violence programs in the United States participated in the 2008 National Census of Domestic Violence Services. See what domestic violence services were needed in your state that day.
• The Link Between Intimate Partner Violence, Substance Abuse and Mental Health in California 

• History of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Household Dysfunction Among California Women, 2005.
• History of Child Abuse and Adult Victimization Among California Women, 2005
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse Issues for California Women Experiencing Domestic Violence, 2004-2005
• Sexual Violence in California, 2005

You may access the articles at the link below:

• Apples to Oranges: Comparing Survey Findings from Selected National Surveys on Intimate Partner Violence.
• Keeping the Promise – 2006 Report from the Attorney General’s office
• Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report: Intimate Partner Violence, 1993–2010
• NNEDV Report: Domestic Violence Counts 2010 A 24-Hour Census of Domestic Violence Shelters and Services
• Link
• A Guide for Advocates on CalWORKs and Domestic Violence
• Blueshield Report
• Murder at Home: An Examination of Legal and Community Responses to Intimate Femicide in California
• Family Violence is Not an Option!
• Reading, Understanding & Evaluating Research – Glossary of Research Terms
• When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2006 Homicide Data
• Economic Stress and Domestic Violence
• Workplace Homicides Among U.S. Women: The Role of Intimate Partner Violence