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Police crime statistics, victim assistance and resident population<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Preamble<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, adopted in 1993 by the United Nations General Assembly, reflects international recognition that violence against women is a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women. The Platform for Action adopted in Beijing in 1995 at the Fourth World Conference on Women identified violence against women as one of 12 critical areas requiring special attention from governments, the international community and civil society. Switzerland was only an observer country. Switzerland joined the UN in September 2002. The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) has been in force in Switzerland since 1 April 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the field of domestic violence, the main source of information comes from the cantonal police crime statistics (SPC). The FSO collects the cantonal data, produces an annual report covering all the offences recorded and publishes various indicators and tables specific to violence and domestic violence. The cantonal police forces also publish their own reports based on their own data supplied to the FSO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2009, the FSO has made available to the public annually 5 tables on violence in general<\/strong> and 37 tables specific to domestic violence<\/strong> (figures for 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the monitoring of progress towards the sustainable development goals of the United Nations Agenda 2030 (MONET 2030), the FSO calculates a domestic violence indicator for the theme of \u2018Gender equality\u2019 ( SDG 5.2). It also calculates, for the theme of \u2018Peace, justice and effective institutions\u2019, an indicator of violent crime ( SDG 16.1). For the monitoring of the legislature, the FSO also calculates a domestic violence indicator, identical to that of the 2030 objective, and a violent crime indicator fairly close to that of the 2030 objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the field of victim support<\/strong>, the FSO has published 10 tables each year for the period beginning in 2000. Since 2018, the FSO has published a table including the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim. These data are available towards the end of June each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resident population<\/strong> statistics (number of households, men\/women, CH\/nonCH) needed for population calculations are published in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The essentials in brief<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The latest version of the summary report is available here<\/a> (in French).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Victims <\/a><\/u><\/em><\/strong>of severe domestic violence (FR<\/a>)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In the sustainable development indicators of the United Nations Agenda 2030 (MONET 2030) and the 2019-2023 legislative period, the concept of serious violence, which is already restrictive for the violent crime indicator, is different and even more restrictive for domestic violence. For example, rape is not taken into account for domestic violence. By applying the definition of serious violence according to our SDG indicator 5.2-K2.1 for the year 2024:<\/p>\n\n\n\n