CINCINNATI — More Ohioans died as a result of domestic violence this year than in any year of the past decade, according to the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, a non-profit that tracks data and provides resources for support in Ohio.

The data released by the organization spans between July 1 of 2024 through June 30 of 2025. It comes from a compilation of media reports, police and court records and data provided by ODVN's 76 member programs.

In total, 157 Ohioans died in the past 12 months as a result of domestic violence, the organization reports.

That's a 37% increase over the previous year, when the organization recorded 114 fatalities.

"This was a tremendously lethal year for domestic violence in Ohio — with both the number of fatalities from intimate partner violence (IPV) and the

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