Rape and Sexual Crimes
Våldtäkt och sexualbrott
Used as indicator
- Monitoring (trend data)
- Evaluation
Data available on
Perpetrator
Background information
- Age
- Sex
- Nationality
- ID
- Name
- Ethnicity
- Marital status
- Dependants
Incident
Incident
Reported crimes -Share of male offenders ,-Share of female victims, -Share of solved cases and most common penalties. -Share of offences that take place at the home of the offender.
Criminal statistics on sexual violence
Criminal statistical data included
Number of reported crimes. - Share of reported crimes that is classified as sexual molestation - Change in reported rapes the last 10 years. - Comparisons of change in reported crimes to the results of Nationella trygghetsundersökningen (National Survey on Crimes and Safety) - Change in the labelling of different sexual crimes. - Data on sexual violence with victims of under 17 years.
Characteristics
Reference period
Frequency of updating
Validation
Data is validated before entered in the database.
Compilation
Data is chosen by experts in criminology from database and surveys validated by experts in statistics.
Quality assurance process
Depending on the database quality, that is estimated to be high.
Accuracy
Good. Good accuracy since figures of reported crimes are compared to figures of told crimes from surveys. Data is used in a professional way and estimations are well explained and balanced.
Reliability
Good. Since BRÅ has influence over the whole data process, from registration to statistical product, and this is done by experts, the reliability is good.
Timeliness
Good. The statistics are updated continuously when new data is entered into the database. Most figures are updated yearly.
Comparability
- Geographical
- Over time
- None
Current developments
No information available