Family Violence: Georgia Statistics 
 
FAMILY VIOLENCE is a pattern of abusive 
behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control 
over another intimate partner. 
 
1,381 
 
2,632 
 
Known family violence-related
 fatalities in Georgia totaled 2,632; a
 
57% increase from 2012-2021. 
 
Known family violence-
 
 
212 
 
related fatalities in
 
 
Georgia in 2021. 
 
42,031 There were 42,031 family violence incidents reported to law enforcement in 2020. 
 
69% In 2020, 69% of victims in family violence incidents reported to law enforcement were female and 31% were male. 
 
114,640 In 2021, there were 114,640 crisis calls to Georgia's certified family violence and sexual assault agencies, a 20% increase from 2020 crisis calls. 
 
27,894 
 
There were 27,894 family violence and stalking Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs) issued
 in 2020. 
 
In 2020, the overall "extension rate," or the rate at which Ex Parte (emergency) TPOs were 
39% 
extended into a longer-term TPO (6-month, 12-month, 3-year), was 39%. 
 
49% There was a 49% increase in family violence-related fatalities from 2020 to 2021. 
 
85% In 2021, firearms were the cause of death in 85% of all family violence-related fatalities. 
 
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 Other 31% 
 
Family violence-related murder-suicide fatalities increased 76% from 2020 to 2021. 
 
Gender in Murder-Suicide Incidents 
In 2021, 95% (40) of family violence-related
 murder-suicide incidents were perpetrated by a
 male and 5% (2) were perpetrated by a female. 
 
Weapons in Murder-Suicide Fatalities 
A firearm was the cause of death in 94% of all
 family violence-related murder-suicide
 fatalities in 2021. 
 
National Statistics 
 
Over their lifetime, 1 in 5 of women and 1 in 7 men experience severe physical violence by
 an intimate partner. 
 
Over their lifetime, 1 in 3 (31%) women and 1 in 6 (16%) men have been stalked by an
 31% 16% intimate partner placing them in fear for their own life or the lives of those close to them. 
 
Half of women seen in emergency departments report a history of abuse, and
 approximately 40% of those killed by their abuser sought help in the 2 years before the
 fatal incident. 
 
The presence of a gun in domestic violence situations increases the risk of homicide by
 500%. 
 
10.5% 41% of sexual and gender minority high school students and 10.5% of heterosexual
 
 
41% 
 
students, report experiencing physical and/or sexual dating violence. 
 
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This project was supported by subgrant numbers W21-8-012 and W21-8-013, awarded by the state administering office for the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice's STOP Formula Grant Program. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the state or the U.S. Department of Justice.. REVISED MARCH 2022