[wobblybubble]

I live in Scandinavia. I refuse to believe that Scandinavia was ever virtually crime free. Anti-social behavior has always existed (also here).

[rufus_foreman]

"Sweden has for at least six years been struggling with a tide of gang violence that has contributed to its shift from one of the safest countries in the world to among Europe’s most violent. Last year, there were at least 342 shootings resulting in 46 deaths (up from 25 shootings in 2015), along with dozens of bombings"

-- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/arts/music/einar-sweden-r...

So a 1268% increase in "anti-social behavior" since 2015.

[wobblybubble]

Being one of the safest is not the same as being crime free.

[rufus_foreman]

Well it sounds like crime has greatly increased in Scandavia. Has that affected you at all?

Obviously there has been a massive increase in violent crime, I guess you live somewhere that you are protected from that?

[wobblybubble]

I have not been personally affected, no.

[lrem]

May be localised bubbles. But both experiences are genuine. Note that what I mean by crime is "actual threat to anyone's safety", not "kids throwing a TV out of a window when moving out" (which apparently was a local student tradition and definitely an anti-social behaviour).

Especially the particular suburb of Stockholm has very quickly found itself in free-fall from "nothing bad ever happened here" to "you should not walk alone after dark".