The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence in the Republic of Croatia, which is a criminal offence defined by the Article 179a. of the Criminal Code and Article 10. of the Law of the Protection against Domestic Violence. In addition to the Criminal Code, which establishes the offence of domestic violence, a number of provisions establish aggravated criminal offences with elements of violence against a close person. The paper begins by defining the concept of domestic violence and unacceptable behaviors that fall into this category. Special attention has been paid to the legislative changes in the area of crime and misdemeanor in Croatian legislation over the last decade. Furthermore, it conveys the distribution of domestic violence at the time of pandemic in the world versus Croatia, as well as trends domestic violence in the territory of the Republic of Croatia based on data of the State Bureau of Statistics in the period between 2017-2021. In addition, an overview of the causes leading to domestic violence is provided, with particular attention to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as a criminogenic factor. The last chapter has been dedicated to the legal research conducted in two most active civil associations dealing with the protection of victims of domestic violence in the City of Rijeka. The data about means and methods of victim protection during the lockdown was collected and analyzed to better understand the impact of pandemic circumstances on domestic violence.