Transpeople have higher rate of dv than women

First define "violence."

Most of the stuff I've read includes ridicule as violence and has a lot of wiggly words not citing a specific percentage.

It's undoubtedly out there, but pamphlets that talk about the "unique challenges" trans ppl face, vs the challenges a natal woman faces (loss of income, social disapproval, failure of the justice system to take them seriously, retributive violence which are not unique, I guess.)

TW and TM are no doubt subjected to abuse by male partners. Failure to specify how and who is either sheer negligence on the part of advocacy groups, or deliberate obfuscation.

But obviously if we knew we'd have any idea if it's true that simply being transgender makes you are more likely victim than being a natal female

How many people would you even be able to find who are "simply transgender" once you look closely at it?

In girls, transidentity is clearly correlated with autism. I don't know if autism is correlated with domestic violence, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was. Not being able to predict other people's actions by the subtle clues of body language would make them easier prey for abusers.

Hating your own body, something which is in the definition of transsexuality (if not transgender) is connected to low self-esteem, which would lead transpeople to seek out abusive partners. What is responsible for the violence then, the transness or the self esteem issues?

I don't think it is possible to distangle in a serious study, though I have no doubt studies can be conducted and tweaked to yield the desired result.

I am also pretty sure that most transmen, if not celibate, are in relationships with other females.

Whereas transwomen can have a wife from before the transition, or a husband from after. Gay men aren't into transmen, but men who identify as heterosexual seem to be rather often interested in transwomen.

So how violent transmen are doesn't really play much of a role, they can only hurt other females.

The dynamics of who and who doesn't let themselves be bullied into a relationship that is against their sexual orientation would also be interesting to look at.

Transmen do seem to have more success at getting to the same violence levels as men than transwomen have vice versa, (I guess it is always easier to become a worse person than a better person ...) and I did witness extreme misogyny from TiFs.

If I had to guess, though, I would still say males perpetrate more (and more extreme) violence, and females are more likely to be victims.