It is still far from doing justice to all victims of domestic violence, but it is progressing.

Convictions for violence between partners increased by 97% between 2017 and 2021, i.e. a virtual doubling of convictions, according to figures from the National Observatory on Violence Against Women published in November, but which went unnoticed.

In detail, in 2021, 34,940 convictions were pronounced for crimes or offenses between partners, of which 95% against men, against 17,600 people convicted for the same count in 2017.

More than 200,000 victims of domestic violence

"The number of years of firm imprisonment pronounced at the national level between 2017 and 2021 has increased by 112%", also detailed in an interview with

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the prosecutor of Bobigny, Eric Mathais.

In Bobigny, this increase is even 187%.

Seine-Saint-Denis is the metropolitan department where the number of female victims recorded per 1,000 inhabitants is the highest, according to the latest figures published on December 15 from the Ministerial Statistical Service for Internal Security (SSMSI).

In 2021, there were 11.6 victims of domestic violence in this department per 1,000 female inhabitants aged 15 to 64, compared to a national average of 8.4 women.

On the whole of the French territory, only Guyana surpasses this department, with a rate of 12.7 women.

Less than one in four victims filed a complaint

The police and gendarmerie services recorded 208,000 victims of domestic violence at the national level in 2021, an increase of 21% compared to 2020. “This increase is excellent news.

Behind these figures, which seem maddening, hides the success of the MeToo wave, the mobilization of associations and public partners: women have spoken and are not ready to give it back, "said Anne-Cécile Mailfert at the time. founder of the Women's Foundation.

The fact remains that less than one in four victims of domestic violence have filed a complaint, according to the Genesis victimization survey for the year 2020.

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