In total, by the end of October, 43,333 women were receiving police protection due to the risk that their partner or ex-partner could assault them, a figure that shows a 16.8% rise from a year earlier, according to the latest Statistical Bulletin on gender-based violence.
The report, published this Monday by the Ministry of Equality, also records 74,684 active cases in the Comprehensive Monitoring System for Gender-Based Violence (Viogen), a 9.53% increase compared with October 2021. Security forces judged a sufficient level of risk to grant police protection in 43,333 cases, up 1.6% from September; 12 cases were classified as extreme risk and 748 as high risk. Extreme-risk cases were identified in Andalusia (3), Madrid (3), Navarra (2), and in Aragon, Asturias, Galicia, and Murcia.
<p.There was also a notable year-on-year rise in the use of devices for telematic monitoring in deportation measures related to gender-based violence. As of October 31, there were 3,014 active devices, a 17.9% increase from the same date in 2021. In October alone, 158 devices were installed (10.2% fewer than a year ago) and 124 devices were removed (4.2% more than in October 2021).
The autonomous community with the largest increase in active devices was Extremadura, rising from 43 in October 2021 to 65 this year, a 51% increase, followed by Navarra, which grew from 34 to 51 (50%). The highest rate of active devices per million women over 15 years old was recorded in Andalusia (308.6), with Castilla-La Mancha close behind (213). By province, Almería registered the highest rate (934.6), ahead of Jaén (493.8).
For the Care and Protection Telephone Service for Victims of Gender-Based Violence (ATENPRO), the October tally stood at 17,035 active users, up 2.6% from a year earlier. Within this service, the Community of Valencia shows the largest concentration of active users per million women (1,569.6), followed by Asturias (1,324).