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Purchase of sexual services | 2022:3

Since the introduction of the offence, the number of reported sex purchase crimes has increased steadily, especially over the past two years.
Youth intimate partner violence | 2021:15

Preventing intimate partner violence among young people may be viewed as part of a broader field of violence prevention.
Strategic offences among youth in the 2010s | 2021:5

In this report, Brå continues with the study of so-called strategic offences – i.e. the offence types in a debut conviction that best predict continued high-frequency offending.
Consistency and relevant considerations in the sentencing of criminal cases | 2021:16

In this report, Brå continues with the study of the sentencing consistency, but also examines which factors are taken into consideration when sentencing, and how this varies between groups of judges and between groups of courts.
Youth robberies | 2021:19

This report shows that the number of reported robberies against people under 18 as well as the self-reported exposure to robbery among young people have both increased in recent years.
Effectiveness of Street Lighting in Preventing Crime in Public Places | 2022

Does improved lighting reduce levels of crime? What do the strongest evaluations tell us? These questions are answered in this systematic review, which examines the strongest available research to date.
Hate crimes reported to the police in 2020 | 2021:17

This report presents Brå’s statistics on offences reported to the police in 2020 where hate was the underlying motive. The statistics are based on reported crimes that the police classified as hate crimes and where Brå identified hate as the underlying motive.
Swedish Crime Survey 2021 | 2021

Citizens’ victimisation, fear of crime, confidence in the criminal justice system and crime victims’ contact with the criminal justice system have long been a focus of Swedish crime policy. Therefore, detailed knowledge of which groups are victims more than others, which groups are adversely affected by fear of crime, and public confidence in the criminal justice system are of value to crime policy makers. The Swedish Crime Survey is an important source of information for this purpose.
Crime prevention in Sweden | 2021

During the course of 2020, a range of new national initiatives were introduced, with both the primary and indirect aims of strengthening crime prevention. This report provides a picture of crime prevention in Sweden and the needs for 2021.
Gun homicide in Sweden and other European countries | 2021 | English summary of Brå report 2021:8

Viewed from a long-term perspective, it is well-established that, at least in Western Europe, homicide levels increased during the period 1960-1990 and have since declined. In Sweden, however, this downward trend has stalled, and since 2013 levels of homicide have once again been on the rise. This study compares recent trends in Sweden with homicide levels and trends in 22 other European countries with a focus on the period since the year 2000.