Only 13.9% of victims of violence report to the police.

Omissions

• The 13.9% figure refers specifically to victims of gender-based violence or intimate partner violence, not all victims of violence generally. The claim omits this important specification.
• The data is from the FRA EU Gender-Based Violence Survey, which is the primary source for such statistics in the EU.
• The speaker did not specify which victimization survey or time period the figure refers to.
• The MEP could have accessed this data prior to the session date (2026-04-27) as the FRA survey data has been available for several years.

Sources

• PrimaryFRA EU Gender-Based Violence SurveyThe FRA EU Gender-Based Violence Survey is the primary source for data on reporting rates of gender-based violence victims to police in the EU. The survey includes statistics on police reporting rates by victims of intimate partner violence and sexual violence.
• PrimaryEurostat Crime StatisticsEurostat provides police-recorded crime statistics for the EU but notes that official crime statistics represent only a fraction of actual crime due to underreporting.