US EditionSexual Violence, Rape Offences Rise Sharply in Eu over Past Decade
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Sex Crime Rises Across Europe as Western Nations Top the List
New figures from Eurostat show that sexual violence offences across Europe continued to rise in 2024, with sharp differences between Western and Eastern countries likely to intensify debate over the link between crime and migration. Police recorded 256,302 sexual violence offences in 2024, including 98,190 cases of rape. This represents a 5% increase in sexual violence overall and a 7% rise in rape compared with 2023. Over the past decade, the t…
Sexual Violence Cases in Greece Jump 145% Since 2010
Sexual violence. Credit: GR Archive Greece has seen sexual violence cases increase sharply over the past 14 years, with police recording 1,250 offences in 2024 compared to just 511 in 2010, according to the latest Eurostat data. That marks a 145% rise, one of the steeper climbs recorded across the European Union during the same period. Rape cases in Greece also moved upward. Police logged 215 rape offences in 2010. By 2024, that number had reach…
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Police-recorded sexual violence up 94% since 2014, homicides down 11%
Eurostat has conducted a study based on data recorded by police in the European Union, and has published that sexual violence has increased by 94% and rape by 150% between 2014 and 2024. The French State is the country with the highest number of registered cases, followed by Germany, Sweden and Spain.
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Police officers from EU Member States recorded more than 250,000 crimes of sexual violence in 2024, of which almost 100,000 (38 per cent) were rapes, 150 per cent more than a decade ago, according to data published by Eurostat on Wednesday.
Between 2014 and 2024, sexual violence increased by 94% (+124,350 cases) and rape by 150% (+58,983). During this period, the former increased continuously by almost 10% per year on average, and the latter by 7%. The authors of Eurostat's note remain very cautious, avoiding any explanation of the causes of this sharp increase, limiting themselves to saying that it "may be linked to increased public awareness, which affects the reporting rate." In…
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