The districts with the most female victims of crimes of violence in 2022 and 2023 are Lisbon, with 5,327 cases, Faro with 4,060 victims and Porto with 3,270, according to data from the Victim Support Association (APAV).
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which is celebrated this Monday, APAV told Lusa that the district of residence of the majority of female victims in Portugal is Lisbon, with 5,327 registered women, that is, 22.4% of the total number of victims recorded in 2022 and 2023.
In second place is the district of Faro with 4,060 (17.1%) and in third is the district of Porto with 3,270 (13.7%).
The districts with the fewest female victims are Guarda (65), followed by Bragança (75) and Beja (91).
Other districts with records are Braga (2,254), Setúbal (1,710), Coimbra (807), Santarém (744), Vila Real (724) and Aveiro (533).
The perpetrator of crimes of violence against these victims is in more than half of the cases (68.5%) male and between 36 and 55 years of age (21.2%).
Almost half of the aggressors (47.3%) have an intimate relationship with the victim, and in some cases they are the victim’s own parents (7.6%) or child.
Half of the crimes of violence registered between 2022 and 2023 against women occurred in the common residence (50.8%).
In the years 2022 and 2023, of the total of 23,808 female victims that came to the attention of APAV, 49.8% (11,868) were the target of “continuous victimization”.
Between 2022 and 2023, and of the total of 11,868 female victims who were the target of continued victimization, in 28.1% (3,339), the victimization had already lasted between two and six years.
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