This thesis examines the pervasive issue of Domestic Violence (DV) against women, with a focus on the changes observed before and after COVID-19 lockdown measures. Lockdown restrictions raised concerns about increasing DV cases, but the rise in reports could also reflect greater awareness and reporting rather than an actual increase in DV occurrences. To address this, the study analyzes calls to Italy’s anti-violence hotline 1522, distinguishing between calls requesting information and those reporting incidents of violence. Using a difference-in-differences approach, I evaluate whether the observed rise in DV-related calls represents a genuine increase in incidents. Several experimental parameters are used to ensure the robustness of the findings, which reveal a disproportionate increase in victim calls compared to information requests, suggesting a likely rise in DV cases.