How common are killings of women?
In the year to March 2020, 207 women were killed in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). This means about one in five killings were of women.
The number of female victims was lower than in the previous year, when 241 women were killed. This was the highest number in a decade. esearch from the Femicide Census - an organisation which collects information on men's violence against women - calculates that across the UK 1,425 women were killed by men in the 10 years to 2018.
That is about one killing every three days.
Who are the victims attacked by?
In the past decade, there were 4,493 male victims of killings and 2,075 female victims (31%) in England and Wales.
More than nine out of 10 killers were men.
About 57% of female victims were killed by someone they knew, most commonly a partner or ex-partner. This compares with 39% of men. The surge of violence against transgender people in the United States has passed a grim milestone. In just seven months, the number of transgender people suspected of being murdered in 2020 has surpassed the total for all of 2019.
At least 28 transgender people have been murdered, or their death is suspicious, so far this year compared to 26 last year. According to data collected by the National Center for Transgender Equality, 23 of the victims were transgender women, four were transgender men and one was non-binary. The epidemic of violence is particularly pronounced for Black and Latina trans women.
“Transgender people – and particularly Black and Latina transgender women – are marginalized, stigmatized and criminalized in our country. They face violence every day, and they fear turning to the police for help,” said Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, deputy executive director for the National Center for Transgender Equality.
