Last year, 96 femicides were committed in France in the marital context, 19% less than in 2022, according to the latest report from the Ministry of the Interior published on Monday, November 25, on the occasion of the International Day to Combat Violence. Against women.
According to the national study on violent deaths in couples, in 2023 police services and gendarmerie units recorded 119 deaths of men and women, compared to 145 the previous year, which makes “middle ground” one death every three days. As in previous years, women are the main victims, representing 81% of the total.
The last official report, published on November 19 by the Interministerial Mission for the Protection of Women (Miprof), was 93 marital femicides. In 2022, 118 had been counted.
The typical profile of the author remains “mostly men (…) of French nationality, aged 30 to 59 and who do not or no longer carry out a professional activity”specifies the Ministry of the Interior. Most of the victims are women between 30 and 49 years old. Rejection of separation and dispute within the couple “they continue to be the main reasons to act”.
Regarding the events, the majority are committed in the home of the partner, the victim or the perpetrator of the crime, “without premeditation, mainly with a knife or firearm”adds the ministry. The study also reports nine infanticides “committed in the context of domestic homicide or domestic violence”.
