Statistics indicate rise in domestic violence and rape

Statistics indicate a further increase in reported cases of domestic and sexual violence in Czechia, the ctk news agency reported, citing government sources. Last year, the police registered 430 cases of domestic violence altogether, while in 2023 their number reached 274 cases in the first six months alone.

At a press briefing called to present the government’s action plan for the prevention of domestic and gender-based violence, the government’s commissioner for human rights Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková said the numbers available were “the tip of the iceberg” and the number of cases is actually many times greater. Experts estimate that about one in five cases of serious domestic violence and one in 20 rapes are reported.