More than half of students admit to committing crime during the past 12 months. Each documented year, almost 40 percent state that they have participated in theft.
Share of students participating in crime in Sweden from 2015 to 2021
Survey characteristics refer to the latest survey from 2021. There were 5,050 survey participants in 2021, 5,826 in 2019, 4,268 in 2017, and 4,659 in 2015. Anonymous self-report that concerns crime participation and victimization during the past 12 months, for Year 9 (årskurs 9).
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