In 2024, approximately 13.700 women and 15.300 children sought protection in women's shelters. This is the projection from the current women's shelter statistics compiled by FHK. This year's statistics are based on data on 6.477 women and 7.224 children from a total of 189 of the approximately 400 women's shelters in Germany.
Two-thirds of those affected cannot find a women's shelter nearby. They have to travel to another city or district. Furthermore, almost one in four victims of violence still has to pay for their stay in the women's shelter themselves.
The Summary of women's shelter statistics We summarize the most important data clearly and classify it.
The complete women's shelter statistics by FHK is also available for free digital download.
The FHK women's shelter statistics are the only nationwide statistics that provide annual data on women's shelter work and residents for practice, research, and policy. Women's shelter statistics has been available since 1999, and as an online statistics since 2010. On June 1, 2016, the online statistics were comprehensively revised in terms of content and technology.
The evaluation provides a statistical overview of the nationwide situation in tabular form—including the number and age of residents and their children, as well as their origin, nationality, education, and income. Special analyses provide information on topics that change annually.
Since 2016, the FHK women's shelter statistics have been able to reflect case-specific services provided by women's shelter staff, such as support, mediation, and counseling in their work with a specific resident. Among other things, the surveys include whether residents contribute to the costs of their stay at the shelter.
The annual evaluations include supplementary special evaluations that describe data on a specific topic in more detail. The years 2019 to 2024 are available for download. The years 2010 to 2018 are available upon request.
The special evaluations of previous years focused on the following topics:
| Year | Main topic (long version) | Key findings |
| 2024 | With chapter on the Violence Assistance Act and needs analysis | Summary 2024 |
| 2023 | Length of stay in the women's shelter | Summary 2023 |
| 2022 | Women with (multiple) children | Summary 2022 |
| 2021 | Without special evaluation | Summary 2021 |
| 2020 | Residents with impairments / disabilities | Summary 2020 |
| 2019 | Without special evaluation | Summary 2019 |
| 2018 | EU citizens in a women's shelter | - |
| 2017 | Older children and adolescents in the women's shelter | - |
| 2016 | Refugee women in the women's shelter | - |
| 2015 | Consideration of domestic violence in custody and access rights | - |
| 2014 | Changes in resident numbers | - |
| 2012 | Living situation of women after their stay in a women's shelter | - |
| 2011 | Children in the women's shelter | - |
| 2010 | Women with a migration background | - |
It is possible to break down the data for individual federal states. However, these analyses are subject to a fee. They contain a tabular analysis of the data; a content analysis is not performed for individual federal states.
Only women's shelters can register via the resident statistics portal and, after registration, log in to enter and evaluate data about their own women's shelter.
To the registration application
To the portal of the resident statistics
The following federal associations are members of the Women’s Shelter Coordination Association
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