When Men Murder Women An Analysis of 2022 Homicide Data

Each year the Violence Policy Center releases When Men Murder Women in advance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. Using 2022 FBI homicide data, the report found that 2,410 women were killed by men in single-victim, single-offender incidents, with 87.5 percent of victims murdered by someone they knew. Firearms were the most common weapon, accounting for 66 percent of female homicides where the weapon was identified. The report also found that Black women were disproportionately impacted, with a homicide rate of 3.2 per 100,000, nearly three times the rate for white women, and emphasizes the connection between firearm access, intimate partner violence, and lethal outcomes.