This article presents an analysis of how some government entities construct the statistical
data of violence against women in Colombia. It describes the institutional course
made by the data to become the statistics we query in reports and newsletters. In addition,
it analyzes the concepts on which the measurements are based and their implications
in understanding the phenomenon. More than the statistical data, here the interest
is in the research instruments and the way in which they are presented. For this reason,
documentary analysis and interviews were used as the main research tools. It is concluded
that despite the efforts of the State to “measure to control violence” and those who
perpetrated it, it is urgent to adjust the procedures for capturing information; and to be
more efficient, systematic and sensitive to violence committed against women.