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Nearly two thirds of convicted rapists in Sweden are migrants or second generation immigrants.

Study also suggests the longer a foreigner lived in Sweden, the less likely they were to commit rape

James Rothwellin Berlin

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18 January 2025.

Nearly two thirds of convicted rapists in Sweden are migrants or second generation immigrants, a new study has found.

Researchers at Lund University found that 63 per cent of convictions for rape or attempted rape were handed down to people born abroad, or whose parents were born abroad.

The study examined 4,000 convictions between 2000 and 2024 and also suggested that the longer a foreigner lived in Sweden, the less likely they were to commit rape.

It comes as the Swedish government adopts a significantly tougher stance on migration, with new rules coming into force which require foreigners to prove they have lived an “honest life” to gain citizenship.

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The study was led by Ardavan Khoshnood, a criminologist at Lund University, and follows a similar study in 2018. DT.