Swedish PM Mulls Using Army To End "No-Go Zones"

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SamuelRSmith said:

Flilix said:

Malmö has 318 thousand inhabitants. That means that there are about 12 murders a year. So if the murder rate is 20% up, that just means there are 2 more guys killed (probably by coincidence).

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/WP0KG/the-crime-situation-in-sweden-compared-to-the-us-in-4-charts

'Total crimes against life and health' have stayed pretty much the same in Sweden for the past few years.

My mistake, the murder rate across Sweden went up 20% YoY http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=6390644 . This would obviously be concentrated into regions.

https://www.bra.se/brott-och-statistik/statistiska-undersokningar/nationella-trygghetsundersokningen.html shows that Swedish people have been increasingly concerned about crime since 2014. And the link off the page says that it's up again for 2017.

I think it is very important to look at those numbers from an historic point of view. Yes, it is a real problem that we saw this amount of violence last year and it is a great thing that it is finally discussed. But if we look at the last ten years and how the lethal violence have shifted: https://www.bra.se/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statistics/murder-and-manslaughter.html

2007: 111 cases of leathal violence

2008: A reduction by 26% in lethal violence from 2007

2009: An increase by 13% from 2008 in lethal violence from 2008

2012: We only saw 68 cases of lethal violence

2013: An increase by 28% in lethal violence from 2012

2015: The highest level in the last ten years, but comparable to 2007 with 112 cases.

When we are dealing with such small numbers, large variations will occur. That does not mean that we shouldn´t take these issues seriously, but we always need to balance what we see in the news with reality.