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Kentucky releases 2025 domestic violence data, adding a public dashboard to track county trends and court outcomes
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Kentucky releases 2025 domestic violence data, adding a public dashboard to track county trends and court outcomes

A new state dashboard and report for 2025 compile domestic and dating violence incidents, protective orders, arrests, and services. Advocates and officials said the goal is to help the public, shelters, and law enforcement better target prevention and support.

By The Apex Times Newsroom2 min readAI-assisted Apex article

Kentucky on July 2 released its 2025 Domestic Violence Data Report and launched a new public dashboard designed to let residents track domestic and dating violence figures by county and region and review law enforcement and court-related outcomes. The state dashboard, announced by First Lady Britainy Beshear and maintained by the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center, is intended to make it easier to compare statistics and connect people to shelters and services while monitoring changes across the commonwealth.

According to the dashboard materials described in local coverage, Kentucky reported 33,786 electronic JC-3 forms related to domestic or dating violence filed during 2025, and 8,301 arrests were made in incidents involving domestic or dating violence and abuse. Courts also issued 20,129 emergency protective orders and temporary interpersonal orders as part of the domestic violence case workflow.

The state’s reporting system also identified 14,338 people who received services through ZeroV, a coalition that coordinates Kentucky’s 15 regional domestic violence programs. Local reporting on the release said domestic violence levels in Kentucky remained stable compared with the previous year, while arrests tied to domestic violence increased by 4.23% and the number of people who used ZeroV services declined slightly.

The Kentucky Lantern, in its coverage of the new figures, reported that at least 25 Kentuckians were killed by an intimate partner in 2025. That death toll was presented as a minimum figure based on the state’s domestic violence-related reporting framework; additional details about the cases were not included in the materials cited by The Lantern.

Officials said the dashboard draws on Kentucky’s annual domestic violence data reporting and is supported by the state’s ongoing collection and analysis efforts. Spectrum News reported that the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center maintains the tool, which provides access to data intended to support victims, inform public awareness, and help policymakers and law enforcement assess trends.

As Kentucky rolls out the tool publicly, the state is also framing the dashboard as a way to improve coordination. The reporting said the interactive resource includes information about shelters, offender-related data, and law enforcement outcomes, allowing residents to locate nearby services and follow statewide changes over time.

The 2025 data release comes as Kentucky continues to rely on electronic incident reporting and court order tracking to document domestic and dating violence across local agencies. The dashboard and report add another public checkpoint for evaluating whether arrests, protective orders, and shelter usage are moving in the direction needed to reduce harm and improve support for survivors.

Why It Matters

  • The dashboard gives residents and stakeholders a more detailed way to compare county-level domestic violence and dating violence trends, court orders, and law enforcement outcomes.
  • Public access to the data may affect how shelters, law enforcement, and policymakers target resources and services across Kentucky.
  • Changes in arrests, protective orders, and shelter usage can indicate shifts in reporting, enforcement, and survivor engagement year to year.
  • The reported minimum number of intimate-partner deaths underscores the public safety stakes of timely protective orders and effective victim support systems.
  • The release creates a documented baseline for evaluating future domestic violence prevention and response efforts using consistent state metrics.

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Key Facts

  • Kentucky released its 2025 Domestic Violence Data Report and a new public dashboard on July 2, 2026.
  • The dashboard is maintained by the Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center and provides data by county and region.
  • In 2025, Kentucky reported 33,786 electronic JC-3 forms related to domestic or dating violence and 8,301 arrests tied to incidents involving domestic or dating violence and abuse.
  • Courts issued 20,129 emergency protective orders and temporary interpersonal orders in 2025.
  • Through ZeroV’s network of 15 regional domestic violence programs, 14,338 people received services in 2025, according to the reporting on the dashboard.
  • Kentucky Lantern reported that at least 25 Kentuckians were killed by an intimate partner in 2025.
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