DOMESTIC. The number of rapes in Stockholm increased in the first half of this year. At the same time, the pressure on the emergency room for rape victims is increasing in the summer. But the pressure is high all year, DN says .
The number of rapes during the first half of Stockholm increased by 13 percent compared to the same period last year. In absolute numbers, there will be 1,047 applications this year, compared to 930 in the first six months of last year, Mitt writes .
According to DN, the pressure on the Emergency Room for rapists at Södersjukhuset is also increasing during the summer.
No exact figures are presented. But even though the number is increasing in the summer, there are many who go there all year round.
- In the early summer around May to June, there is usually an increase, but we have a high pressure throughout the year, says Anna Möller, medically responsible physician, to DN.
According to Mitt i, the number of rapes against children also increased during the first half of the year compared to the same period last year. The increase was 17 percent.