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Spain’s 2025 Gender Violence Report Shows Fewer Protections and More Child Victims

The new INE report points to stricter judicial outcomes despite fewer protections on record.

Overview

  • INE’s 2025 statistics, released Thursday, show a 3.8% drop in women with protection orders to 33,373 and a 3.8% fall in men reported to 33,228.
  • Children tied to gender violence cases rose to 1,935, up 10% from 2024 and 40% since 2022, reflecting more minors linked to court-filed cases.
  • Domestic violence victims increased 7.4% to 9,513, and women made up 60.9% of those cases recorded by the courts.
  • Registered protection measures fell 4.4% to 98,551, yet courts issued more final convictions in 2025, including 40,929 for gender violence and 10,757 for domestic violence.
  • The national rate was 1.5 per 1,000 women over 14, with Navarra, Galicia, Madrid, the Basque Country, and Catalonia below that average.