SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County saw a decline in the number of people killed by intimate partners in 2025, but the county remained among those with the highest number of intimate-partner homicides in Texas.
Thirteen people in Bexar County were killed by an intimate partner in 2025, according to the Texas Council on Family Violence’s annual Honoring Texas Victims report.
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That is down from 17 intimate partner homicide deaths in Bexar County in 2024.
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Bexar County had the third-highest number of intimate partner homicide deaths in Texas in 2024. In 2025, it had the fourth-highest total.
Only Harris, Dallas and Tarrant counties recorded more intimate partner homicide deaths in 2025, according to the report. Harris County had 26, Dallas County had 21 and Tarrant County had 16.
Of the 13 Bexar County victims in 2025, 11 were women and two were men.
160 Texans killed in 2025
Statewide, the Texas Council on Family Violence identified 160 people killed by intimate partners in 2025 — 136 women and 24 men.
That number is only down by one from 2024.
The deaths occurred across 45 Texas counties.
The violence also affected people beyond the immediate victims. The report says five unborn children died as a result of the homicides, while 128 minor children and 95 adult children lost one or both parents.
Fifteen additional friends, family members or bystanders were also killed during the 2025 intimate-partner homicides.
Nine victims were killed in LGBTQIA+ relationships.
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Prior violence and criminal justice involvement
The report also examined the history of offenders and whether victims had previously sought help.
Statewide, 32.5% of offenders had a history of violence, while 24.4% had a history of criminal justice intervention.
The report found that 17.5% of victims had sought help from friends, family members, advocates or law enforcement before their deaths.
More than two-thirds of victims — 67.5% — were killed at home, either at their own home or in a home shared with the offender.
The report does not provide a comparable breakdown of those factors specifically for Bexar County, so the statewide findings cannot be directly applied to the 13 Bexar County cases.
Bexar remains near the top of the list
Bexar County’s decline from 17 deaths in 2024 to 13 in 2025 represents a significant year-over-year change, but the county still accounted for about 8% of all intimate-partner homicide deaths identified statewide.
The 2025 report identified 13 victims in Bexar County, including 11 women and two men.
Across Texas, the report identified 160 intimate partner homicide victims in 2025.
The Texas Council on Family Violence has published annual reports on intimate partner homicides since 1998. The project expanded in 2008 and began including male victims in 2019.
The report’s findings document the number and circumstances of intimate-partner homicide deaths, but the data alone does not establish why Bexar County’s total declined in 2025 or whether the change reflects improvements in the county’s response to domestic violence.
If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic violence, there is so much help for you. KSAT has a list of resources on its Domestic Violence webpage, which also explains how to identify different types of abuse.
Survivors in unincorporated Bexar County who are not in current emergencies can fill out an online form to get in touch with STAR specialists. Anyone in immediate danger should call 911.
For wrap-around services, including the Battered Women and Children’s Shelter, call Family Violence Prevention Services at (210) 733-8810.
You can also contact the Bexar County Family Justice Center, which also provides wrap-around services at (210) 631-0100.
