CEE: women who have reported sexual harassment to the police 2017-2018

In the CEE region, Slovenia recorded the highest proportion of women who experienced physical or sexual violence from their partners. At the same time, Slovenia recorded the highest percentage of women who reported domestic violence to the police in 2018. The lowest rate of women reporting domestic violence to the police was in Estonia and the Czech Republic.

Share of women who have reported physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence to the police in Central and Eastern European countries between 2017 and 2018

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Slovenia	36.2%
Poland**	26%
Lithuania**	24%
Croatia	18%
Latvia	17%
Romania**	17%
Slovakia***	15%
Hungary	14%
Bulgaria	14%
Estonia	10%
Czechia*	10%

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Release date

July 2020

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Region

Europe, EU

Survey time period

2017 to 2018

Supplementary notes

* Women who have at some point been victims of domestic violence by their partners since the age of 18
** Women who have been victims of intimate partner violence in their lifetime
*** Women who have ever have a partner experienced at least one act of violence committed by the partner

Date of release is date of access.

EIGE’s definition of intimate partner violence is in line with the definition of domestic violence of the Istanbul Convention.

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