In February 2026, the CDC released updated findings from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey using data collected from September 2023 through September 2024.

1 in 20
women — approximately 6.7 million — experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in the 12 months before the survey
1 in 44
men — about 2.8 million — experienced one or more of those forms of intimate partner violence during the same period
29.9%
of women experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime and reported at least one related impact
13%
of men reported the same lifetime experience and impact

The CDC defines those related impacts as experiences that can include fear, concern for safety, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, injury, needing medical care, filing a police report, or missing work or school. Its lifetime measure also includes needs such as housing, victim-advocacy services, legal services, or contacting a crisis hotline.

These findings are based on the CDC's definitions and the responses of 15,609 U.S. adults who completed the 2023–2024 survey.

The CDC cautions that changes to the survey methodology and some survey questions mean these findings should not be directly compared with estimates from previous NISVS survey years.

Accurate and current domestic-violence data matters. We cannot understand the scope of intimate partner violence without measuring it carefully, reporting it responsibly, and being honest about what the data does — and does not — tell us.

Source

CDC, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2023/2024 Intimate Partner Violence Data Brief