Females are five times more likely to be be murdered by an intimate partner than males are, according to a new report by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.
The report was based off of data from 2021 and were categorized according to the relationships between the victim and murderers.
"New @BJSgov data shows women were five times more likely to be killed by an intimate partner than men," Weihua Li, a data reporter for The Marshall Project, tweeted.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics released the reported titled "Female Murder Victims and Victim-Offender Relationship, 2021." A highlight of the report showed that 34% of female murder victims were killed by an intimate partner, while only 6% of males were the victim of an intimate partner. These percentages were based on the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System in 2021. This system showed there were 4,970 female victims of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in 2021, compared to 17,970 male victims for 2021. The report shows that overall, 76% of female murders and 56% of male murders in 2021 were perpetrated by someone who was known to the victim.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is a data collection system designed and maintained by the FBI to compile data on all crimes that are recorded by every participating state and local law enforcement agencies. The crime data is received from 11,790 of the 18,800 available law enforcement agencies in the United States, which represent about 65% of the U.S. population.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics report shows six victim-to alleged-offender relationship categories. These categories are intimate partner, nonintimate family, friend or other known person, stranger, victim was offender, and relationship unknown.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics is the principal federal agency of the U.S. Department of Justice that is charged with the collection, analysis, and dissemination of reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the U.S.
Li is an alumni of the Columbia University School of Journalism, according to her Twitter bio.
