The number of women murdered this year due to gender violence has risen to 44 and to 1,385 since 2003, when data collection began, after the confirmation by the Ministry of Equality of a new case in Barcelona.
According to the department headed by Ana Redondo, the victim is a 38-year-old woman, allegedly murdered by her partner on Wednesday, October 28, in Barcelona. The woman had two minor children and, according to the data provided by the ministry, there were no previous complaints of gender violence against the alleged aggressor.
Following this sexist crime, the number of minors orphaned by gender violence in Spain has risen to 35 in 2026 and to 545 since 2013, according to figures released by the ministerial department.
Arrest in Madrid and police action in Nou Barris
On Wednesday, the Municipal Police of Madrid arrested a man who confessed to being the perpetrator of the violent death of his partner in the district of Nou Barris, in Barcelona. Hours earlier, agents of the Mossos d'Esquadra and the Bombers de Barcelona went to the scene after receiving a call from a person reporting that there was a woman inside a home, and located the victim's lifeless body.
Andalusia concentrates the highest number of cases this year
By autonomous communities, Andalusia registers the highest number of sexist murders so far this year, with 12 cases. It is followed by the Valencian Community and the Community of Madrid, with six each; Catalonia, with four; Castilla-La Mancha, with three; Aragon, Canary Islands, Cantabria and Navarre, with two; and Asturias, Castilla y León, Extremadura, Galicia and Murcia, with one.
72.7% of cases had no prior complaint
In total, 32 of the 44 cases of sexist violence that occurred in 2026, that is, 72.7%, had no prior complaint, according to data from the Government Delegation against Gender Violence. In addition, in ten of the cases, 22.7%, the alleged aggressor committed suicide after committing the crime.
The statistics released by Equality also reflect that 28 of the fatal victims were Spanish, 63.6%, while 16 were from another country, 36.4%. As for the alleged aggressors, 29 were Spanish, 65.9%, and 15 had another nationality, 34.1%.
With these data, 2026 registers so far the worst balance of sexist violence since 2023, with 52 women murdered in the same period. In comparison, in 2025 there were 36 sexist crimes until October and in 2024 a total of 41.