Newly released preliminary statistics from Sweden\u2019s\u00a0Crime Prevention Council (Br\u00e5) show that in the last five years, sex attacks against girls aged 15 to 17 have increased by 51 per cent.<\/span><\/p>\n The statistics reveal that the total number of rapes in 2019 increased by six per cent to 8,350 cases compared to the previous year, although sexual abuse cases remained largely at the same level with 9,730 cases recorded in total, Nyheter Idag reports<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n When compared to statistics from 2015, the number of sex offences in which the female victim was older than 18 was 27 per cent higher in 2019 and for cases in which the victim was 15 to 17 years old, the increase was 51 per cent. Cases involving victims under 15 years old also increased by 11 per cent over the same period.<\/span><\/p>\n A report released last year by Br\u00e5 revealed that in 2018, around six per cent<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of the Swedish population said they had been the victim of some form of sexual offence compared to just 1.4 per cent in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n Sweden: Migrant Who Raped, Impregnated 11-Year-Old Avoids Lifetime Expulsion https:\/\/t.co\/N6KJYUPx20<\/a><\/p>\n — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) October 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n