The 1522 toll-free number: who calls, why, and what it tells us. Year 2025

In 2025, 25,970 victims contacted 1522, up on 2024. Invalid calls declined. The multifaceted nature of violence is confirmed, along with its predominantly domestic and family-based pattern: the victim's home remains the setting where violence most often occurs, and the spouse or former partner remain the figures most frequently identified as perpetrators.

Homicides: Victims and perpetrators

In 2024, 327 homicides (-2.1% compared to 2023): 116 women and 211 men. Homicide rate 0.55 per 100,000 inhabitants

The anti-violence and anti-stalking hotline 1522: quarterly data for Q1 2025

Calls to the 1522 helpline decreased (-16.2% vs the previous quarter) but remain above past years’ levels

The anti-violence and anti-stalking hotline 1522: quarterly data for Q4 2024

Calls to 1522 grow in Q4 2024. Compared to the previous year, the number of stalking victims increases

The anti-violence and anti-stalking hotline 1522: quarterly data for Q3 2024

Calls to 1522 in Q3 of 2024 confirm the increase in the number of requests for help, especially compared to the same quarter of the previous year

The anti-violence and anti-stalking hotline 1522: quarterly data for Q1 and Q2 2024

Calls to 1522 in Q1 and Q2 2024 confirm the high volume of requests for help recorded in the peak of the last quarter of 2023.

Planning a survey on gender-based violence

This ebook provides the methodology and useful content for designing Surveys on gender-based violence

The helpline 1522 - IV quarter 2023

The published tables cover the four quarters of 2023 and contain data on calls (by phone and chat) from users of the 1522 number and […]

The helpline 1522 at III Quarter 2023

The published tables cover three quarters of 2023 that contain data on telephone and chat calls for help give users and victims, which are not […]

The helpline 1522 - IV Quarter 2022

The fourth quarter of 2022 continues to see a decrease in valid calls. Compared to the same quarter in 2021, this is from 11,337 calls […]