Relationship OSINT Case Analytics
Reported / Alleged Motives
Possible goals attributed in public sources—not findings of fact.
Recorded Behavioral Patterns & Red Flags
Documented tactics, behaviors, or warning signs in the public record.
Extortion & reputation blackmail will appear once it is separately source-coded.Contextual & Contributing Factors
Reported circumstances or background conditions; they are not presented as motives.
Pregnancy or reproductive context will appear once it is separately source-coded.1257 matching cases retain the legacy broad label “Control/domination.” It is not automatically redistributed into narrower motive or behavior categories without source-supported review.
People
Gender by Case Role
Male
Female
Transgender
Unknown
Male
2094
Female
3273
Transgender
0
Male
2898
Female
1004
Transgender
0
Unknown
14
Male
421
Female
149
Transgender
0
Unknown
0
8975 people have another or unassigned case role.
Dataset coverage
Recorded Cases by Incident Year
3471total public cases
This is RelationWatch dataset coverage by incident year, not annual prevalence. Earlier years are incomplete because records are being added from publicly available open sources.
Cases
Relationship Status
3145recorded status
Married
1861
59.2%
Dating
291
9.3%
Ex-partners
181
5.8%
Divorced
169
5.4%
Separated
152
4.8%
Live-in relationship
148
4.7%
Engaged
124
3.9%
Extramarital relationship
105
3.3%
Love triangle
44
1.4%
Ex-husband
17
0.5%
Secret Marriage
17
0.5%
One-sided love
12
0.4%
Rejected proposal
9
0.3%
Colleague
6
0.2%
Ex-wife
6
0.2%
Bachelor
3
0.1%
Married1861
Dating, engaged or live-in/cohabiting563
Relationship status was not established in available public sources for 326 public cases. These records are excluded from this chart’s categories and percentages.
Combined structured factors and motives
Top Reasons Associated with Relationship Failure
One public case may appear under multiple labels. These are recorded associations in the selected RelationWatch cases, not proven causes or population prevalence.
Separate recorded categories
Relationship Elimination Motives
Spouse, unmarried romantic partner, and romantic rival are counted separately. These rows remain visible even when a category falls outside the overall Top 10.
All cases
Top Recorded Motives
All cases
Most Common Contributing Factors
A case may include multiple contributing factors. Reported factors describe the available case information and do not prove causation or population prevalence.
Relationship violence
Motives Recorded in Relationship Violence
All public cases
General Warning Signs
These are the warning signs most often recorded in the selected public cases. One case may contain multiple signs, and their presence does not by itself establish that violence will occur.
Extramarital cases
Common Recorded Red Flags
Communication patterns
Secretive Communication Signals
1074distinct cases
These signals were recorded in available case information. Their presence does not establish that they caused an incident. One case may contain multiple communication signals.
Recorded victims
Victims by Relationship Status
Counts reflect published case records only. “Unknown” includes information that was not reported or has not yet been classified. Suspects and offenders are shown separately and should not be interpreted as equivalent legal findings.