The City of Dallas released its 2026 Domestic Violence Dashboard, revealing that 10,193 family‑violence crimes have been recorded through September 21. This marks a 4.9% rise compared with the 9,720 incidents logged during the same period in 2025.
Intimate‑partner offenses surge
More notably, intimate‑partner crimes increased to 5,307 incidents, up from 4,840 a year earlier – a 9.6% jump. That means about 52% of all family‑violence crimes this year involve a current or former romantic partner.
Breakdown of offenses
The dashboard, produced by the City’s Office of Data Analytics and Business Intelligence using Dallas Police Department reports, shows that assault accounts for the majority of intimate‑partner offenses. No murders or non‑negligent manslaughters involving intimate partners were recorded through the reporting period.
In the broader family‑violence category, six murder or non‑negligent manslaughter offenses were logged, indicating that fatal incidents can occur outside the intimate‑partner subset.
Monthly trends
Dallas recorded at least 1,000 family‑violence crimes each month from January through August, with May seeing the highest total at 1,276 incidents. Across those eight months, the city averaged roughly 1,178 family‑violence crimes per month, or about 39 per day.
Victim demographics
Victims ages 20‑29 comprised the largest group, with 3,181 victims, followed by ages 30‑39 with 2,649 victims. Together, these two age brackets represent more than 57% of all family‑violence victims.
Women continue to be the majority of victims: 71% of those recorded through September 21 were female, compared with 29% male.
Racial and ethnic data
The dashboard also provides raw counts of victims by race and ethnicity. While these figures illustrate the distribution of reported cases, they do not adjust for population size or other variables, and therefore should not be interpreted as indicating higher risk for any particular group without further analysis.
Context and cautions
City officials note that the data are preliminary and may change due to delayed reporting, updates to crime reports, or revisions to National Incident‑Based Reporting System codes. The increase could reflect a range of factors, including actual changes in offending, greater willingness to report abuse, or shifts in police reporting practices.
Dallas launched its public domestic‑violence dashboard in 2022 to give residents transparent access to crime trends. The city will continue to monitor the situation as it approaches Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, when the Dallas Goes Purple initiative seeks to raise community awareness and support for survivors.
Original reporting: The Dallas Express — read the source article.
