Brå: Fewer students state that they have been victims of crime

The school survey on crime is carried out every two years among students in grade nine.

In this year's survey, 4,656 students answered questions about exposure to and participation in crime during the past twelve months.

The overall aim of the survey is to describe the development of self-reported exposure to crime and participation in crime over time.

Source: The Crime Prevention Council

In the survey, boys and girls report exposure to crime to approximately the same extent, 42.2 percent and 41.2 percent, respectively.

Among both boys and girls, it is most common to be exposed to theft, followed by assault.

Among boys, it is more common to report exposure to assault, robbery and theft. Among girls, it is instead more common to report exposure to threats and sexual crimes.