February 11, 2026
FBI Releases Domestic Violence Special Report.
On Wednesday, February 11, 2026, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program released the “Domestic Relationships and Violent Crimes, 2020-2024” special report on the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer (CDE).
This report focuses on violent crimes of murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault where the victim-to-offender relationship meets the UCR Program’s domestic and family violence definition.
Over the five-year period studied, the percentage of violent crimes within domestic relationships increased. Law enforcement reported more than 11,000 domestic violence murder victims and an additional 1.1 million victims of domestic violence.
Nearly 75 percent of the victims were female.The UCR Program also released an analysis of teen relationship violence in 2024. The reported data show there were more than 70,500 incidents of teen relationship violence in one year.