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Eurostat

Statistics agency of the European Union

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Nov 23, 2025
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How has the global percentage of European descent population changed since 2000?

Global estimates in recent reporting place people of predominantly European descent at roughly 14–16% of the world population in 2024–2025, and some specialist counts say “about 14%” worldwide in 2024...

Dec 17, 2025
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uk rape rate per 100.000 vs poland rape rate per 100.000

Latest international datasets show a large numerical gap between reported rape rates for the United Kingdom and Poland, but that gap largely reflects differences in definitions, recording practices an...

Nov 3, 2025
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Immigrants and crime, Europe

The evidence summarized across recent studies shows : some analyses find little or negative association with violent crime, while others detect small positive correlations for specific property crimes...

Nov 30, 2025

Which European countries saw the largest increases or decreases in rape reports since 2023 and what factors explain them?

Eurostat reports that police-recorded sexual violence in the EU rose 79.2% from 2013 to 2023 and that rape offences more than doubled (a 141% increase) in that period; in 2023 the EU recorded 91,370 r...

Dec 2, 2025

how many European illegal aliens have been deported in 2025

Available public sources do not provide a single, definitive count of how many European nationals were deported worldwide in 2025; Eurostat and EU agencies report quarterly and national return figures...

Oct 17, 2025

What was the total number of eligible voters in the 2024 election?

The available analyses present ; instead they contain a mix of jurisdictional figures and related metrics. Massachusetts’s registration dataset lists eligible voters (presented as a statewide total), ...

Oct 11, 2025

What are the murder rates in major European cities in 2025?

The materials provided make several overlapping claims about which European cities were “most dangerous” in 2025, repeatedly naming Bradford, Coventry, Marseille, Birmingham and Naples as high-crime l...

Oct 19, 2025

How do rape rates in the US compare to those in European countries in 2024?

Reported rape and sexual‑violence figures are not directly comparable between the United States and European countries in 2024 because , which can inflate or depress apparent rates . European aggregat...

Dec 8, 2025

How do Sweden's reported rape rates 2020–2024 compare to other Nordic countries per 100,000?

Sweden’s recorded rape rates are among the highest reported in Europe in multiple data series, with country-level series showing figures like 64 per 100,000 (2013–2017 average) and other compilations ...

Oct 19, 2025

Which European country has the highest online speech arrest rate in 2024?

Across the documents provided, ; the existing reports document widespread arrests and harassment tied to online expression but stop short of a country-by-country ranking or a definitive “highest” figu...

Dec 11, 2025

Which major European cities had the highest homicide rate per 100,000 residents in 2025?

Available sources do not provide a definitive list of “major European cities with the highest homicide rate per 100,000 residents in 2025.” Country-level homicide rates for Europe are available from E...

Dec 15, 2025

Does e.u. have lower crime than u.s

Available data and multiple cross-country studies show the United States has substantially higher homicide and many violent‑crime rates than the European Union and most Western European countries; for...

Oct 28, 2025

How does the UK's rape rate compare to other European countries in 2024?

The claim that the UK had the highest rape rate in Europe in 2024 is misleading: available official recording data and older Eurostat comparisons show the UK often appears high on police-recorded rape...

Dec 9, 2025

has crime risen in france

Available data show mixed trends: France’s homicide rate rose from about 1.21 per 100,000 in 2020 to roughly 1.5 per 100,000 in 2023 according to a compiled overview (Wikipedia citing police figures) ...

Nov 15, 2025

There is no correlation between Arab immigrants and sexual assaults in the europe. Am I correct?

Available reporting does not support a simple yes-or-no answer to your claim. Several peer‑reviewed studies show elevated rates of sexual victimization among migrants or recently arrived asylum seeker...

Jan 15, 2026

How do arrest rates for online communications in the UK compare with comparable European countries when adjusted for legal definitions and population?

The raw figures reported for the United Kingdom—about 12,000 arrests in 2023 under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 and section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988—are striking, and t...

Dec 19, 2025

How do Sweden's overall and violent crime rates compare to Germany, France, and the UK in 2020–2024?

Between 2020 and 2024 Sweden saw a decline in total reported crimes after a rise up to 2020, with high-profile increases in gang-related shootings and bombings prompting political concern even as homi...

Dec 20, 2025

How do Sweden’s legal definitions and recording practices for rape differ from those in other European countries?

Sweden’s legal definition of rape and its statistical recording practices are notably broader and more inclusive than many European peers, a difference that researchers and the Swedish Crime Preventio...

Nov 4, 2025

Which European countries have the highest and lowest reported rape rates per 100,000 in 2022 2023?

European reported rape rates for 2022–2023 cannot be pinned to a single definitive ranking because official counts and rates vary by source, legal definitions, and reporting practices; available analy...

Nov 2, 2025

Which European countries had the highest and lowest reported rape rates in 2023–2024 and why do they differ?

The data sets attached present conflicting claims about which European countries had the , with the EU survey listing Finland and Bulgaria at opposite ends while other analyses single out the UK, Swed...