Khaberni - The Jordanian Women's Solidarity Institute "Tadamon" monitored family-related crimes that occurred in the kingdom during 2025, totaling 17 incidents of murder and death (13 females, 7 males), including family homicides, suspected family-related crimes, and undetermined deaths, in addition to accidental incidents happening at home.
These incidents highlight that the year 2025, despite having fewer crimes than previous years, still witnessed severe patterns of lethal family violence, especially against women, girls, and children, involving methods marked by extreme cruelty and direct physical violence.
The year 2025 saw horrifying family crimes, including a father who killed his son with a firearm in Zarqa and injured his wife, and another father who threw his children into Zarqa River in an incident that shocked the public.
There were also murders of sisters by their brothers, including a case where a young woman in her twenties was stabbed to death, and a woman who was shot by her brother, as well as a crime committed by a minor against his sister in Irbid. Wives were not spared from this violence; one wife died after being severely beaten, another was burned by her husband, and another incident involved torturing, beating, burning, and confining a woman in her thirties in Zarqa, which ended with her death due to severe injuries.
The recorded incidents in 2025 also reveal ongoing targeting of children within families, as a girl died from beatings by her father in the Northern Badia, a father killed his children by throwing them into the Zarqa River, and a five-year-old boy in Jerash died due to mishandling a firearm at home, reflecting the dangers of widespread weapons and absence of protection standards within the family environment.
Zarqa governorate recorded the highest number of family-related incidents in 2025, followed by Irbid and Mafraq, while the rest of the cases were spread across other governorates in smaller proportions.
"Tadamon" also noted several deaths still under investigation for their criminal nature, including finding a young man hanged in Aqaba, a teenage girl who fell from a bridge in Amman under tough family circumstances, along with other unsolved crimes including a girl found stabbed in Mafraq, and the murder of a young nursing student couple, amidst unconfirmed speculations about the motives.
"Tadamon" data indicates that 2023 witnessed 27 family murders resulting in 25 victims (16 females, 9 males), and in 2024, 25 family murders were recorded leading to 32 victims (25 deaths and 7 severe injuries), mostly women and girls, with crimes characterized by complex natures often resulting in multiple victims per crime. In 2025, there were 17 recorded incidents of murder and death linked to family, resulting in 20 deaths (13 females and7 males).
"Tadamon" asserts that the numerical decrease between 2024 and2025 does not indicate a real reduction in the severity of the phenomenon, as women, girls, and children continue to constitute the largest share of victims, with direct and harsh methods of killing, indicating that the roots of family violence are still intact and have not been radically addressed.
Family-related murders pose a real and ongoing threat to family cohesion and societal peace, reflecting a structural dysfunction in social and legal protection systems, and the continuing culture of silence and tolerance for violence under social and family pretexts.
"Tadamon" emphasizes the importance of concerted official and national efforts to curb these crimes, enhance early protection tools for women and children, and ensure accountability and non-impunity, including reconsidering the dropping of personal charges in cases of family violence. The organization is committed to continuing monitoring these crimes, analyzing them, and advocating for their reduction, protecting the Jordanian family and safeguarding the right of women and children to life, safety, and human dignity
