The Interior Ministry has detected more than 4,300 cases of gender-based violence in the Balearic Islands.

PalmThe Ministry of the Interior has detected 4,378 active cases of women victims of gender-based violence in the Balearic Islands through the VioGen System, 2,143 of whom have minors in their care. According to statistical data from the department headed by Fernando Grande-Marlaska, which cover up to August 31, the majority of active cases in the archipelago (3,567) are low-risk, another 753 are medium-risk, 58 are high-risk, and none are extreme.

Of the active cases in the Balearic Islands, 64 correspond to underage women; 1,107 to women between 18 and 30 years old; 2,102 to women between 31 and 45 years old; 1,038 to women between 46 and 64 years old; and 67 to women over 65 years old. In addition, 2,143 have minors in their care. At least 63 of these cases are medium-risk and five are high-risk.

More than 105,500 cases in Spain

The state as a whole has 105,509 active cases of victims of gender-based violence, of which 19 are at extreme risk; 1,157 are at high risk; 14,818 are at medium risk; and 89,515 are at low risk. Regarding the ages of the victims in these active cases, the Ministry of the Interior reports that 1,384 are women under 18, 26,395 are between 18 and 30, 48,982 are between 31 and 45, 26,260 are between 46 and 64, and 2,488 are over 6.

Interior Ministry data also reveal that there are 54,382 cases of victims of gender-based violence with minors in their care. A total of 1,413 are at risk of being attacked by their mother's abuser. Specifically, there are currently two such cases at extreme risk, 132 at high risk, and 1,279 at medium risk.

Minors at risk

In cases involving minors at risk, a special combination of indicators is detected that suggest the violence inflicted by the aggressor on the victim could extend to other people close to them, especially to the minors in their care, the Ministry explains.

Similarly, the statistics reflect 11,982 cases involving minors in their care that are particularly relevant, with 18 at extreme risk, 1,072 at high risk, and 10,892 at medium risk. In the latter, a special combination of indicators is detected that significantly increases the likelihood that the aggressor will inflict very serious or lethal violence on the victim.