complaints for sexual crimes increased 32 percent in three yearsa steady increase even in times of pandemic, and this affects both penetrating assaults and other crimes against sexual reparation.
According to the crime balance of the Ministry of Interior, 1,606 crimes of this type are known in the first half of this year.. It is 20% higher than the same period in 2021 when the alarm condition was in effect.
Compared to the year before the pandemic, official figures show a growth of almost a third: from 1,218 crimes in the first six months of 2019 to 1,606 in 2022, or 31.8%.
A similar situation is experienced in rapes, which increased by 15% last year (from 142 to 164) and 31% since the first half of 2019 (113).
According to the ministry, such crimes have historically been subject to a high degree of underreporting by victims; this situation is changing thanks to social awareness policies, which has made victims more willing to report these attacks and abuses.
According to the final balance, the rate of clarification of sexual freedom and compensation crimes (percentage of cases where the perpetrators are found and arrested) is 80.3 percent.
Inside sexual abuse 83.1 percent; sexual abuse by penetration, 87.7 percent; the rate of sexual assaults is 78.9 percent; The rate of penetration sexual assaults is 83.4%.