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Statistics on sexual violence in The Netherlands, with resources. Realise the stats concern a 'first world country' and what that means: how even more horrifying they are in other countries.

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The Netherlands:

In 2017 only 41% of victims of all violent and sexual assault (including rape) crimes reported it to the police.

An estimated 70 percent of sexual assault crimes does not report to the police.

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The Netherlands:

In 2017 the Dutch police registered around 8400 crimes as sexual assault (including rape).

In 2018 the Dutch police registered around 9000 crimes as sexual assault (including rape).

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The Netherlands:

In October 2019, the police had 945 sexual assault (including rape) cases that had been pending for more than half a year, 90 of which had been pending for more than two years.

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The Netherlands:

Only 37 percent of reports of rape to the police in 2019 (first 3 quarters of the year) led to an actual criminal complaint.

On average, a rapist was sentenced to 1 year and 5 months imprisonment.

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The Netherlands:

In February 2020, it turned out that the number of sexual assault crimes in The Netherlands has increased from 2700 to 3400 in the past 3 years.

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Sources used in this thread:

@statisticscbs
https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2019/06/politie-registreert-meer-zedenmisdrijven

@ADnl
https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/zelden-rechtszaak-na-verkrachting~a7b27ec1/

@RTL4
https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/5017681/37-procent-van-meldingen-verkrachting-leidt-tot-aangifte

Art by @zarascomics