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Increased reported rapes in the EU

Rise in recorded sexual violence offences in the EU between 2013 and 2023

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Jan 12, 2026
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Which EU countries currently lack explicit bans on bestiality and what legislative changes have occurred since 2015?

Denmark’s 2015 criminal ban on sexual acts with animals narrowed the list of European Union states without explicit bans to Hungary, Finland and Romania, according to contemporaneous reporting and sum...

Jan 27, 2026
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Which EU countries reported the largest absolute increases in police‑recorded rape offences between 2022 and 2023 according to Eurostat?

’s headline for 2023 is clear: police-recorded rape offences in the rose by 7% from 2022, with 91,370 rape offences recorded across the EU in 2023 and 243,715 sexual‑violence offences overall . The pu...

Jan 22, 2026
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Which European countries had the biggest year-on-year change in reported rapes since 2023 and by how much?

reports that police-recorded rape offences in the rose 7% in 2023 compared with 2022, part of a 5.5% rise in sexual violence overall, but the sources supplied do not include a country-by-country ranki...