Brå has asked questions to ninth graders about vulnerability and participation in crime during the past twelve months. 51.3 percent of the students participating in the survey state that they have committed a crime of violence, theft, vandalism or drug crime on at least one occasion in the past year.
The percentage is at about the same level as before, but for the first time, as many girls as boys state that they have been involved in crime.
It is more common for boys to have been involved in vandalism and violent crimes, while a slightly higher proportion of girls have been involved in theft, according to Brå.
A total of 4,228 ninth graders from over 400 schools in the country answered the survey.
Close to half exposed
45.3 percent of students in ninth grade state that they have been subjected to theft, assault, threats, robbery or sexual offenses at least once in the past year. The proportion is at roughly the same level as at the last measurement in 2021, but previously the vulnerability was at a higher level.
Boys and girls state that they have been exposed to crime to approximately the same extent. The most common is to be exposed to the crime of theft, according to the ninth graders who answered the survey.
The students who answer that they have been exposed to crime often state that it happens in the school environment.
Exposure to physical sexual crimes is at the lowest level since 2015, when the measurements started. At the same time, more than four out of ten girls state that they have received unwanted images with sexual content.
The text is updated.