Criminal prosecutions for domestic violence in Greece have risen sharply in recent years, more than doubling between 2023 and 2024 before remaining at elevated levels in 2025, according to official data from the country’s prosecutors.
The figures were raised in Parliament on Monday by Course of Freedom party leader Zoe Konstantopoulou, who called on the government to prosecute femicide as a distinct felony.
The data, provided by the Independent Department for the Collection and Processing of Judicial Statistics (JustStat), showed that there were 2,534 prosecutions in 2020 and 1,987 in 2021, rising to 3,115 in 2022 and 4,658 in 2023. The figure then jumped to 13,486 in 2024, before slightly declining to 12,880 in 2025.
The most common charges in 2025 were domestic bodily harm (5,758 cases) and domestic unlawful violence and threats (6,357 cases). Authorities also recorded 205 prosecutions for rape and indecent assault, 506 for domestic sexual dignity offences, 48 attempted homicides, four attempted fatal bodily harm cases and two obstruction-of-justice cases.
For the first time, data for 2024 and 2025 included gender breakdowns, showing 2,346 cases in 2025 where the victim was female and the perpetrator male, compared with 2,496 in 2024. Most involved domestic violence or threats, while sexual offences accounted for a smaller share.
