Of course, the Swedish commission that examined those numbers pointed out that Sweden has the most liberal definition of “rape,” (and other personal assault crimes), in the world. Before one joins Daniel Greenfield in leaping to the conclusion that the addition of Muslims to Sweden has led to a staggering rise in rapes, one should first find out when the Swedes instituted their current definition of rape and then make sure that the rise is not due to new definitions rather than more events. Greenfield’s chart shows the spike beginning in 2004. Where are the numbers that show that the Middle Eastern or Muslim immigrant population spiked at the same time.
Mr. Greenfield appears to be engaging in the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy to make his claim.
So, to get your numbers, you have to go back to 1965, (at a time when unemployment was quite low and before the Asian immigrant community had begun to actually assume a large size–note that I pointed to the 1970s, not 1965), ignoring the point I made regarding the later burgeoning of crime in Asian communities that occurred when unemployment began to get much higher, while continuing to make your comparison against current Swedish conditions in which unemployment is already quite high. Interesting, but not persuasive.
And for how many generations have the immigrants to Sweden under discussion been engaged in crime or rioting?
You are correct that it would be interesting to see data that is not 24+ years old.