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Finansborgarrådet Anna König Jerlmyr (M) presented the figures from the Stockholm City Safety Survey with remarkable pride. The negative figures of the last few years on the perceived safety of Stockholmers have disappeared.
– The uptrend with growing insecurity seems to be breaking, says Anna König Jerlmyr during Thursday’s press conference.
The results of the safety measurement, which are carried out every three years, are generally positive. At the same time, the differences between the measurements for the entire city are statistically small. 9 percent of Stockholm residents now say they have been concerned about being exposed to crime in the past year. The corresponding figure in the previous survey, 2017, was 11 percent. In the previous survey, in 2014, the figure was 8 percent.
– We emphasize how important safety is in the green-blue majority. There is nothing more important, says Anna König Jerlmyr.
The results are also cautiously positive when it comes to the experience of insecurity if you go out only late one night in the area where you live. For the city as a whole, the figure is 10 percent, which is the same figure as in the previous survey.
Security is different between different groups in society. Women are more insecure than men, according to the survey. Born abroad rather than born at home. Those who live in rents are more insecure than the owners of their house.
The Järva area stands out very positively in the survey, with significant nominal improvements on the subject of perceived safety. In Rinkeby-Kista districts, 11 percent have now stated that they have been concerned about being exposed to crime in the past twelve months, compared to 21 percent in the 2017 safety survey. In Spånga-Tensta , the corresponding figure is now 13 percent, compared with 26 percent in the previous survey.
At the same time, these areas have been clearly distinguished during the year by a large number of shootings. Several of these have been fatal and DN has repeatedly participated in people’s concerns about development. August was a particularly bloody month. On the afternoon of August 27, a man was shot and killed in the middle of a residential area in Husby, making him the 13th person to die in connection with a shooting in Stockholm this year.
On August 27, a man in his 20s was shot in Husby. He later died in hospital.
Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
Anna König Jerlmyr is aware about the apparent paradox, noting that the security survey figures were collected in the spring, long before the summer high-profile shootings in the Järva area.
– There have been 17 murders or attempted murders in the area, and if we asked the question today, we would see a completely different result, he says.
At the same time, Anna König Jerlmyr stresses that measurements are made every three years and that therefore a relevant aspect is the focus on long-term trends. It also highlights the work the city is doing to address the spread of criminal networks.
– We work together with the police against gang crime. Among other things, today we have a deserter program in place, which we did not have before. We also work with schools. We know that the most important protective factor against ending up in crime is leaving school with full grades.
Among the other measures The one that the city of Stockholm has worked with to increase security, especially in the Järva area, there are surveillance cameras, improved lighting, more security guards and bollards to prevent bus driving.
– We have worked a lot with the so-called situational prevention. Researchers also support that this reduces the risk of crime in the here and now, says Anna König Jerlmyr.
In total, just over 17,000 Stockholm residents responded to the survey that forms the basis of the safety survey. The response rate has been 52 percent for the entire city, but only about 34 percent for Rinkeby-Kista. Anna König Jerlmyr admits that the figure is very low, but believes that trends can still be interpreted based on it.
– There has often been a lower response rate in those areas before, and this means you can compare backwards. Otherwise it would have been difficult. Our purpose is above all to compare over time, says Anna König Jerlmyr.
So, do you mean that even if the response rate is low, it says something over time anyway?
– Yes, exactly.
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