Let's look at raw statistics for a second. The data comes from the Swedish crime agency bra.se: https://www.bra.se/bra/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statistics/

Let's look at raw statistics for a second. The data comes from the Swedish crime agency bra.se: https://www.bra.se/bra/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statistics/crime-statistics.html https://www.bra.se/bra/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statist... 1) Total numbers of offenses. Rape statistics chart is displayed below: https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/013dc374/1/#fullscreen https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/013dc374/1/#fullscreen 2) Population pro-rated: https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/013dc374/3/#fullscreen https://apps.axibase.com/chartlab/013dc374/3/#fullscreen What happened in 2002-2004? As was discussed in media, the Swedish authorities have encouraged reporting of sex offenses and changed the methodology of how rape crime is reported and counted. One of the unintended side effects is that it's difficult to compare the time series, and this is one of the challenges that all statistical agencies are facing. If you change the definition, be prepared for misunderstanding and misreporting - both intentional and not. By the way, the country where Julian Assange is alleged of a sex assault is ... Sweden.