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A selection of Brå's reports are translated into English, usually in the form of a summary of the original report.
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Antisemitic hate crime
Contemporary experiences from Jewish congregations and organisations
This study focuses on antisemitic hate crime and of insecurity and fear of exposure to such crime as it is experienced by Jewish congregations and organisations in Sweden.
Publicerad 2025-08-29
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Persons suspected of offences with LGBTQI-related hate crimes
English summary of Brå report 2024:13
This report supplements Brå’s hate crime statistics with a descriptive analysis of persons suspected of committing offences that has been reported to the police and where Brå have identified LGBTQI-related hate crime motives
Publicerad 2025-01-21
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Hate crime against the Sami minority
English summary of Brå report 2024:5
This report studies the nature of hate crime against the Sami population in Sweden and details specific instances, including reindeer-related offences. In the report, Brå also makes proposals regarding how to increase the visibility of the Sami’s exposure to hate crimes and racism, in order to improve the existing knowledge as a basis for preventive work.
Publicerad 2024-08-13
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Hate crimes reported to the police in 2022
A compilation of the cases that were classified as hate crimes by the police. English summary of Brå report 2023:16
This report presents the overall findings on victims of intimate partner violence, both during 2022 and throughout life.
Publicerad 2023-12-14
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Hate crime in digital environments
Digital hate crimes reported to the police in 2020. English summary of Brå report 2022:12
Digital hate crimes are hate crimes that take place in digital environments, such as social media. The aim of this report was to improve the knowledge on digital hate crime.
Publicerad 2022-12-21
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Afrophobic hate crime
English summary of Brå report 2022:7
With the exception of hate crimes based on general xenophobic and racist motives, Afrophobia is the most common motive found among reported hate crimes in Sweden. Nevertheless, there is a lack of more detailed knowledge on Afrophobic hate crime. This report has been written at the instruction of the Swedish government, to develop the knowledge base on Afrophobic hate crime in order to improve the opportunities to prevent these offences.
Publicerad 2022-11-24
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Islamophobic hate crime
English summary of Brå report 2021:3
A study of the characteristics of Islamophobic hate crime in Sweden – the nature of the offences, the people who have been subjected to them, who the perpetrators are (when possible), and the consequences of the crimes.
Publicerad 2021-04-30
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Processed hate crimes
Investigation and prosecution decisions for reported offences with an identified hate crime motive in the years 2013-2016 and 2018. English summary of Brå report 2021:1
The presentation of processing decision types on the basis of motive and type of crime provides more detailed knowledge about the legal system's treatment of hate crime. This report is an examination of processing decision types for those reported offences for which the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå) has identified as featuring a hate crime motive during the years 2013-2016 and 2018.
Publicerad 2021-02-17
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Self-reported exposure to hate crime
Analysis of data from the Swedish Crime Survey, the Politician’s Safety Survey and the School Survey on Crime
The purpose of this report is to further our knowledge of self-reported exposure to hate crime by presenting previously unpublished data.
Publicerad 2020-12-10
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Hate Crime 2018
English version of report 2019:13.
Statistics on police reports, recorded in 2018, with identifed hate crime motives.
Publicerad 2019-10-31