National figures on domestic violence, intimate partner violence, coercive control, and teen dating violence. Every statistic below names its source and data year.
Last reviewed October 8, 2026
“Domestic violence” can include violence by intimate partners and other family members. “Intimate partner violence” refers to violence by a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend. Survey estimates, reports to police, and lifetime experiences are not interchangeable, so the date and definition attached to each figure matter.
This page brings together the most recent national figures available from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is for education and reference, not legal, clinical, or crisis guidance.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated 782,900 domestic violence victimizations in the United States in 2024.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Key Findings from the 2024 National Crime Victimization Survey: Domestic Violence, published September 2025.The same national survey estimated 1,110,040 intimate partner violence victimizations in 2024.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Key Findings from the 2024 National Crime Victimization Survey: Domestic Violence, published September 2025.More than half of both intimate partner violence and domestic violence victimizations in 2024 were reported to police.
Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Key Findings from the 2024 National Crime Victimization Survey: Domestic Violence, published September 2025.About 2 in 5 women and 1 in 4 men reported contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner with at least one related impact during their lifetime.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, 2016/2017 data, report published 2022.In CDC's 2016/2017 annualized estimates, 46.2% of U.S. women reported lifetime coercive control by an intimate partner.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2016/2017 Report on Intimate Partner Violence, published 2022.In the same CDC estimates, 42.8% of U.S. men reported lifetime coercive control and entrapment by an intimate partner.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2016/2017 Report on Intimate Partner Violence, published 2022.CDC estimated that 49.4% of women and 45.1% of men reported psychological aggression by an intimate partner during their lifetime.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2016/2017 Report on Intimate Partner Violence, published 2022.Among U.S. high school students who dated during the prior 12 months, about 1 in 12 experienced physical dating violence and about 1 in 10 experienced sexual dating violence in 2021.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2021 data, report published 2023.Coercive control can include intimidation, isolation, monitoring, threats, and pressure that limits another person’s choices. The CDC’s survey reports it separately from physical violence, which is one reason a person’s experience may be serious even when it does not fit a single, simple description.
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated 782,900 domestic violence victimizations in the United States in 2024. Its 2024 report also estimated 1,110,040 intimate partner violence victimizations. These are annual survey estimates, not a count of every incident reported to police.
Domestic violence can include violence by intimate partners and other family members. Intimate partner violence specifically refers to violence by a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend. The terms can overlap, but they are not interchangeable in every study.
The annual victimization estimates on this page use 2024 data, published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics in 2025. Some lifetime estimates use the most recent national CDC survey data available for those measures, which are labeled with their data and publication years.
The figures above are drawn from primary federal sources. The Bureau of Justice Statistics figure uses the National Crime Victimization Survey, an annual survey of U.S. households. The CDC figures use its National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey and Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Each statistic identifies the relevant data year and publication date.
This reference page is reviewed about monthly, or earlier when a key source releases a newer national figure. Older figures remain labeled with their original data year so readers can distinguish current incident estimates from lifetime survey findings.
Adcock Coaching LLC. “U.S. Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence Statistics.” Last reviewed October 8, 2026. https://adcockcoachingllc.com/domestic-violence-statistics