According to figures reported this week by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), there will be 11,148 victims of domestic violence in Switzerland in 2021. This figure equates to her 0.13% of the population, or 13 out of 10,000.
Overall, women and girls (18 per 10,000) were 2.3 times more likely to be victims of domestic violence than men and boys (8 per 10,000). Most at risk were foreign women, especially refugee women. The number of foreign women and girls victims is 36 per 10,000 of her population, twice her rate of Swiss women and girls. The proportion of refugee women and girls rose to 80 per 10,000 of her population, 4.4 times her proportion of women and girls in Switzerland and 10 times her proportion of men and boys in Switzerland.
Perpetrators of domestic violence are overwhelmingly male. Overall, his 74% of domestic violence in Switzerland was perpetrated by men and only 26% by women. Per capita rates show a similar trend. 15 out of 10,000 men committed domestic violence, compared to 4 out of 10,000 she did.
Also, between the Swiss expat population (75%/25%) and the refugee population (82%/18%), the relative proportions of male and female it was significantly higher. Across all expats, in 2021 he had 36 men per 10,000 involved in domestic violence compared to 13 women per 10,000. Among refugees, the same proportions were He 60 per 10,000 (men) and He 20 per 10,000 (women). A refugee man (80 per 10,000) is 4.4 times more likely to commit domestic violence than a Swiss man (18 per 10,000). Furthermore, refugee women (20 per 10,000) commit domestic violence at a rate higher than Swiss men (18 per 10,000) and about 3.3 times more likely than Swiss women (6 per 10,000). .
The total number of victims of domestic violence in 2021 will be 3.1% lower than in 2020, and the per capita rate will be 3.9% lower.
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