The number of people who died in domestic violence-related homicides in Tarrant County nearly doubled in 2024, according to data released Monday afternoon.

Eleven people were killed by an intimate partner, the first increase since a spike during the pandemic, according to the annual Intimate Partner Violence Adult Fatality Review.

The Archway, the county’s principal domestic violence service provider that publishes the review, reported six such deaths last year, the lowest number of such homicides since 2016.

The jump is an anomaly compared to statewide trends. Texas had 161 deaths in 2024, compared to 205 in 2023, according to the Texas Council on Family Violence.

“That’s not yet explainable,” Kathryn Jacob, CEO and president of The Archway, said of the county’s increase. “We just d

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