Despite the lack of a national definition of femicide and standardised data, Tanzania’s Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI) report, cited in the LHRC report, highlights a concerning trend. Over the past five years (2018 – September 2022), 2,438 women were tragically killed, averaging 492 women per year and 43 women per month. 

Shockingly, the data from September 2022 indicates a distressing increase, with 53 women killed per month, marking a significant rise from previous years.

Also, in its 2023 Human Rights Report, LHRC documented 50 intimate partner homicides (IPH) in 2023. The IPH incidents documented by LHRC in 2023 were reported in Tanga, Kilimanjaro, Arusha, Geita, Mbeya, Tabora, Kagera, Mwanza, Simiyu, Dar es Salaam, Songwe, Mara, Dodoma, Manyara, Iringa, Rukwa, Njombe, and Morogoro. Half of the incidents were reported in the Northern Zone and Lake Zone, while the remaining half were reported in other zones.