- Almost one-half of all murders in Colorado are committed by an intimate or former intimate partner, and the victims are disproportionately female.
(Project Safeguard, Fatality Review Project, Denver, Colorado 2007)
- In 2006, 41 people died during 32 incidents of domestic violence. This included two children. Firearms, specifically handguns, were the most used weapons, followed by knives.
(Project Safegard, Fatility Review Project, Denver, Colorado 2007)
- In 2006, there were seven incidents of murder/suicide, resulting in 15 deaths. In all of those incidents, men were the perpetrators. Since 2002, there have been 52 incidents of murder/suicide resulting in 112 deaths. Men were the perpetrators in more than 95 percent of those incidents.
(Project Safegard, Fatility Review Project, Denver, Colorado 2007)
- In 2006, domestic violence victim assistance agencies provided 87,722 night of shelter to 5,601 women and their children, but had to turn away 5,886 requests due to lack of space.
(State of Colorado Department of Human Services, Domestic Abuse Assistance Program, Denver, Colorado 2006.)
- In 2006, domestic violence victim assistance agencies answered 43,863 emergency crisis phone calls. There were 295,463 volunteer hours donated to these agencies during this time.
(State of Colorado Department of Human Services, Domestic Abuse Assistance Program, Denver, Colorado 2006.)
