Between 2015 and November 2025, 836 women died in events classified as femicides. In that same period, the system registered more than 842 thousand reports of gender-based violence, domestic violence, and sexual offenses. Two figures that advance in parallel, but that rarely connect before the tragedy.
The accumulating years
Between 2015 and November 2025, the country accumulated 836 femicides. The deadliest year was 2017, with 107 cases. Not even the pandemic stopped the violence: between 2020 and 2022, 211 murders were recorded.
In 2025, until November, 49 cases are recorded, a 30% reduction compared to the same period in 2024, which had registered 70 cases in that time.
The aggressor was close
63% of femicides were committed by the victim’s current partner; the remaining 37% by a former partner.
When analyzing reports of gender-based violence in the same period, 67% involve former partners. The data suggests that separation does not eliminate the risk; in many cases it intensifies it.
The 54.5% of the victims were between 26 and 35 years old, the same range where 55% of the aggressors are concentrated.
Weekends and evenings: when lethal violence occurs
48% of femicides are recorded on Saturdays and Sundays. On Mondays, when the work week begins and offices reopen, 82% of gender violence reports are concentrated.
The most critical time: between 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., a period in which 39% of the cases occur.
The void before death
In 2025, only 8 of the 49 women murdered had previous reports or protection orders. 84% died without any active protection measures.
53% of the victims were housewives, which reinforces that lethal violence mainly occurs in the domestic sphere. Regarding nationality: 41 victims and 41 aggressors are Dominican (84% in both cases), 7 victims were Haitian (with 6 aggressors also Haitian) and 1 victim was Nigerian.
20% of the femicides were committed by members of armed state institutions: 12% military personnel from the Armed Forces and 8% from the National Police.
One in five aggressors had access to firearms and training in the use of force.
The rest is distributed among independent workers (27%), private sector employees (24%), cases with no specified occupation (27%), and 2% who were deprived of their liberty at the time of registration.
The aggressor’s method and destination
43% of femicides were committed with a bladed weapon and 39% with a firearm. The rest: beatings (9%), burns (4%), strangulation (2%) and poisoning (2%).
The fate of the aggressors: 53% were arrested, 26% committed suicide, 16% remain at large, and 5% were lynched.
Geography of violence: 64 deaths in 22 provinces
In 2025, 49 femicides and 15 related femicides were recorded, for a total of 64 deaths linked to gender-based violence. Related femicides include third parties murdered in the context of the crime: children, family members, or those who tried to intervene.
Santo Domingo Este concentrated the highest incidence with 10 cases (8 femicides and 2 related), followed by the National District with 9 (6 and 3) and San Cristóbal with 7 (6 and 1). These three demarcations add up to 26 of the 64 deaths: 41% of the total.
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Santiago (4), Puerto Plata (4), Hato Mayor (3) and Verón-Punta Cana (3) complete the jurisdictions with the highest number of cases.
The 64 deaths were distributed across 22 of the country’s 32 provinces. Ten provinces closed the year without records.
The Orphans of Violence
Femicidal violence left a total of 37 orphaned children and adolescents in 2025. In addition, two minors died during the attacks.
They are 39 lives marked by lethal violence against their mothers.
Ten years, a pattern
Lethal violence against women in the Dominican Republic does not occur randomly. Data from the Public Ministry documents identifiable patterns over a decade: 836 femicides, one every five days on average, committed in 100% of the cases by the victim’s partner or ex-partner.
The aggressor’s method and destination
43% of femicides were committed with a bladed weapon and 39% with a firearm. The rest: beatings (9%), burns (4%), strangulation (2%) and poisoning (2%).
The fate of the aggressors: 53% were arrested, 26% committed suicide, 16% remain at large, and 5% were lynched.
Geography of violence: 64 deaths in 22 provinces
In 2025, 49 femicides and 15 related femicides were recorded, for a total of 64 deaths linked to gender-based violence. Related femicides include third parties murdered in the context of the crime: children, family members, or those who tried to intervene.
Santo Domingo Este concentrated the highest incidence with 10 cases (8 femicides and 2 related), followed by the National District with 9 (6 and 3) and San Cristóbal with 7 (6 and 1). These three demarcations add up to 26 of the 64 deaths: 41% of the total.
You can also read:
Santiago (4), Puerto Plata (4), Hato Mayor (3) and Verón-Punta Cana (3) complete the jurisdictions with the highest number of cases.
The 64 deaths were distributed across 22 of the country’s 32 provinces. Ten provinces closed the year without records.
The Orphans of Violence
Femicidal violence left a total of 37 orphaned children and adolescents in 2025. In addition, two minors died during the attacks.
