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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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), ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Official statistics show that in recent years only a fraction of those identified as irregular or ordered to leave are actually deported: for calendar year 2023 reports 111,185 non‑EU citizens were re...
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...
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...
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...
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) ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The question “How many Europeans have been deported” cannot be answered with a single, authoritative number from the provided reporting because official EU statistics and many media reports track “thi...