In August 2018
SVT reported that
rape statistics in Sweden show that 58% of men convicted of rape and attempted rape over the past five years were born outside of the
European Union:
Southern Africans,
Northern Africans,
Arabs,
Middle Easterns, and
Afghans.
[11][12] Swedish Television's investigating journalists found that in cases where the victims didn't know the attackers, the proportion of foreign-born
sex offenders was more than 80%.
[11] The number of rapes reported to the authorities in Sweden significantly increased
[4] by 10% in 2017,
[13][14] according to latest preliminary figures from the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention.
[13][14] The number of reported rape cases was 73 per 100,000 citizens in 2017, up 24% in the past decade.
[14] Official numbers show that the incidence of sexual offences is on the rise;
[4][11][14] the
Swedish Government has declared that young women are facing the greatest risks and that most of the cases go unreported.
[4]
