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Just as dark is the picture that the Crime Prevention Council, BRÅ, in a new report paints the situation in the 61 areas identified as particularly socially vulnerable in Sweden.

One third of those who participated are experiencing major problems with open drug trafficking and shooting.

More than half are experiencing major problems with crash, bus driving and car fires.

Almost half respond to the existence of individuals or groups in the areas that prevent residents from moving freely or daring to say when they see, for example, ongoing damage.

To this it should be added that only about half of the residents state that they have confidence in the police. However, this is a figure that has increased slightly in recent years.

– Accommodation in these areas develops strategies to avoid everyday problems. Many also seem to "get used to," things that in other homes should be seen as very serious have been normalized, "says Erik Nilsson, one of the investigators at Brå.

" 40 percent of residents say they are unsafe at night in the vulnerable suburbs. It is twice as many as elsewhere, "says Erik Nilsson, investigator at BRÅ. Photo: Ulrika City

The report describes the situation with such a high concentration of visible crime and order problems "exceptional". The police resemble a limbo: while many elderly residents perceive the police as frustrating ineffective – the younger ones consider that they are over-controlled and harassing. Both approaches have a negative impact on trust in the police.

– We must earn trust and increase trust. In the short term, it is about solving the murders and halting the shootings that occur in the gang environments to ensure these areas are safe. In the 15-20 year term, it is more about building social sustainable development, Gunnar Appelgren, coordinator of the Stockholm region's initiative in the vulnerable areas, notes.

Of the 1,176 persons responding to the survey, 70 Percentage of criminal networks affecting their daily lives, 12 percent say other structures, such as the family or ethnic group, affect their lives – both in positive and negative terms.

– On the one hand, people who need support in someone form quickly get rid of their own networks, on the other hand, especially women and children can hammer in when a relative wants to cope with how children are raised, how divorces are going to or how debt should be regulated, says Johanna Skinnari, project manager at Brå.

Bettan Byvald Angered Social Worker, often meets people living on the conditions of others. She has seen the strong fear of criminal groups threatening silence and controlling the street space. But she has also seen the more informal structures that govern people's lives in a more low-intensity way.

– There are areas where self-appointed leaders decide and set rules and norms for their own group. This may mean a security, but in many cases it is a matter of limitation – and often it is the question of how girls will be raised, says Bettan Byvald.