• Data reference period
• Geographic location (Portugal)
• Sex
• Urban areas typology

• PREDOMINANTLY URBAN AREA:  Parish that fulfills, at least, one of the following requirements: 1) the higher value of the average between the weight of the population in the parish¿s total population and the weight of the area in the parish¿s total area corresponds to urban space, provided that the weight of the area in predominantly rural space doesn¿t surpass 50% of the parish¿s total area; 2) the parish is the location of the municipal council and has a population of more than 5 000 inhabitants; 3) the parish includes, totally or partially, a locality with a population of 5 000 or more inhabitants, being the weight of the population in the parish¿s total population or in the locality¿s total population equal to or higher than 50%.
• REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
• VIOLENCE:  Behaviour that can cause physical or emotional harm to others, ranging from verbal and physical abuse to harming private property
• SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
• PREDOMINANTLY RURAL AREA:  Parish not classified either as APU or as AMU.
• MEDIUM URBAN AREA:  Parish that fulfills, at least, one of the following requirements: 1) the higher value of the average between the weight of population in the parish's total population and of the weight of the area in the parish's total area corresponds to urban space, provided that the weight of the area in predominantly rural space surpasses 50% of the parish's total area; 2) the higher value of the average between the weight of population in the paris's total population and of the weight of the area in the paris's total area corresponds to urban space, provided that the weight of the area in predominantly rural space doesn't surpass 50% of the paris's total area; 3) the parish is the location of the municipal council and has a population equal to or below 5 000 inhabitants; 4) the parish includes, totally or partially, a locality with a population of 2 000 or more inhabitants and less than 5 000 inhabitants, being the weight of the population in the parishs total population or in the locality's total population equal to or higher than 50%.

(people aged 18 to 74 who have experienced violence/people aged 18 to 74) *100