Reports
of Rape Surged by 33% in Sweden Over Past Decade, by Conservative Zone, 1/25/19.
The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Bra) recently
released a report with some shocking statistics about violent crimes against
women in the country.
According to Bra, the country has seen a 33 percent increase in
the number of reported rape cases in the last decade – and an 8 percent
increase in rapes in the last year alone.
Even more shocking, rape reports alleging attacks against
children rose even more in the last year; those crimes are up 13% in just the
past 12 months alone.
According to Bra researcher Stina Söderman: “We have seen a
clear increase in reported rape in recent years.”
The most recent figures reveal that almost 8,000 rapes were
reported in Sweden last year alone, this number represents an increase of 614
rapes from the previous year. In 2018, rape reports against children of both
genders (under the age of 18) rose to 3,420. Only adult men saw a decrease in
the number of reported rapes in 2018.
Since 2008, the total rape report increase for the total
population is 33 percent; that number climbs to 44 percent with cases that have
adult women as victims.
According to SVT, Sweden’s public news network, immigrants
commit about 85% of the rapes committed by strangers; the station came under
fire for revealing these statistics. The network revealed that a review of 843
court cases in one district over a five year period found that 58% of the
convicted rapists were not born in Sweden. When cases where the rapist and
victim did not know one another were considered, the number of foreign born
attackers rose to 80%. In addition, more than half of the attackers had lived
in Sweden for less than a year before the attack.
Rape and violence against women were the most significant
findings in 2018; the overall increase in crime was just two percent. Crimes
against property actually declined, while violent crimes against citizens are
on the rise.
Violence in the country continues to be an ongoing concern for
citizens; record numbers of fatalities due to shootings were recorded in 2018.
Crimes against women are the highest in decades, as seen by the increase in
rape detailed above.
According to Politico, crimes against citizens are becoming
commonplace in the once safe and peaceful nation: “Social unrest, with car
torchings, attacks on first responders and even riots, is a recurring
phenomenon,” Politico reported.
Politicians in the nation remain concerned about how the country
is perceived. Sweden has welcomed more immigrants and refugees than any other
nation in the European Union, according to Politico, and they are now faced
with downplaying any additional violence that this entry policy has caused.
Even a left-leaning publication like Politico acknowledges both
the problem of violence and the connection to immigration and the failure to
assimilate into the host culture. While the problem of violence is now widely
known and accepted, few solutions are on the table, leading to an increasingly
risky homeland for Sweden’s women and children.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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