Summary

There are 53 sites in Sweden and in varying degrees, vulnerable both to serious crime
and socio-economic factors. Of these 15 areas are considered to be particularly
vulnerable. Crime areas can manifest itself through acts of violence, riots drug
trafficking and other serious crime affecting the residents both directly and indirectly.

Most of the risk factors are beyond the control of the police such as state welfare
systems, unemployment, ethnic segregation, stigmatization and overcrowding.
However, the police can play a role in the experience or the feeling of the situation. In
addition, the police act to reduce fear and increase trust, cohesion and collective ability.
If the police together with other stakeholders to achieve increased confidence in the
authorities, and an increased ability of local communities to deal with emerging
problems, it is not unreasonable to assume that risk residential areas can be
significantly reduced.

One vulnerable area is a geographically defined area which is characterized by:

Low socioeconomic status
Criminal impact on the local community.

An exposed area exhibits a problem that primarily require police presence and police
efforts to address the existing problems.

A particularly vulnerable area is characterized by:

General reluctance to participate in the lawsuit.
Difficulties for the police to fulfill its mission
Parallel structures of society
Violence-promoting religious extremism
Proximity to other vulnerable areas

A particularly vulnerable area exhibits a problem that largely requires the joint effort of
several actors in society to come to terms with the existing problems.

Common to these areas:

The majority of the affected areas have been subject to a series of actions over time,
which in itself is proof that past efforts have not been extensive enough to have a lasting
effect on the problem.
Police officers presence is mostly reactive in areas which led to a lack of confidence in
the police and judiciary.
The longer a society has experienced live outside the norms of society, the harder it is
for the police and other community stakeholders to regain his authority.
Several areas have been exposed for so long that there has been a normalization of
the exceptional not only for the residents of the areas, but also for the police and other
public officials.
Travelling problem has a clear connection to the affected areas when the majority of
the passengers live or have lived in such an area.
Refugee flows likely to have a major impact on these areas.

To deal with the problem required:

measures to increase public confidence in the police as increased clearance rate
proactive combating drug trafficking
continuous police presence and sustainable targeted interventions
increased collaboration with other actors in the area
a review of travel problems in a broader perspective than just terrorism

Introduction

In the autumn of 2014 presented the feasibility study "A national overview of criminal
networks with major impact in the local community" for the National Operational
Management (Nolg) at the National Police. Nolg decided that the feasibility study would
be followed by a national report on the issue. The report would be finalized in December
2015.

The commission was also to discern which of the vulnerable areas

can be classed as particularly vulnerable and therefore should be assigned additional
resources under the Implementation Committee's decision. Each Police Region had the
opportunity to nominate areas they considered to be vulnerable. For these areas,
regions have compiled and reported will so-called area document that aims to provide
an overall picture of the area. Area documents have since been supplemented by
statistics from the Security Service, Statistics Sweden (SCB) and the Swedish Prison
and Probation.

All areas were then assessed on the basis of

the residents' willingness to participate in the lawsuit
the police's ability to perform its mission
any parallel social structures

Moreover, they have been valued based on the existence of violent religious extremism
in the area and if so to what extent. The areas that meet all the set criteria are
considered particularly vulnerable. The information in the area of the documents have
since been compiled and analyzed, resulting in 53 areas that are considered to be
exposed to different degrees.