FBI Releases Domestic Violence Special Report
On Wednesday, February 11, 2026, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program released the “Domestic Relationships and Violent Crimes, 2020-2024” special report on the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer (CDE). The full report may be found in the Special Reports section.
This report focuses on violent crimes of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault where the victim-to-offender relationship meets the UCR Program’s domestic and family violence definition. The crimes were reported to the FBI’s UCR Program by participating law enforcement agencies via the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
Over the five-year period studied, the percentage of violent crimes within domestic relationships increased. Law enforcement reported more than 11,000 domestic violence murder victims and an additional 1.1 million victims of domestic violence. Nearly 75 percent of the victims were female.
In addition to the domestic violence special report, the UCR Program also released an analysis of teen relationship violence in 2024. The reported data show there were more than 70,500 incidents of teen relationship violence in one year. Find more on the victims, relationships, and offenses on the CDE.
One of the main goals of the FBI’s UCR Program is to provide reliable data to be used in law enforcement administration, operation, and management. When agencies report detailed data to the FBI, this data can be analyzed by law enforcement and the greater criminal justice community to form strategies to reduce and impede similar offenses in the future.
- Report: Domestic Relationships and Violent Crimes, 2020-2024 (PDF)
- Infographic: Teen Relationship Violence (PDF)
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Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
