Italian Interior Ministry: Foreign Nationals Linked to Nearly Half of Sexual-Violence Arrests Despite Making Up Just 9% of Population

Recent data from Italy’s Interior Ministry has intensified longstanding, ever-increasingly relevant public concern about violent crime in migrant-heavy regions of Western Europe.

The latest figures have revealed that non-citizens account for 44 percent of all sexual-violence arrests in Italy, despite representing a mere 9 percent of the population.

These numbers are not isolated. Similar patterns have been observed and recorded by the interior ministries throughout other Western European countries, prompting questions about whether current policies are equipped to handle the challenges of never-before-seen demographic change.

Italian journalist Francesca Totolo brought new attention to the issue by compiling a list of assault and harassment cases recorded between November 1 and 19—a fraction of incidents reported nationwide, but more than enough to illustrate a consistent, deeply worrying trend.

Her compilation followed the Interior Ministry’s broader report, which documents that in gang rape cases, half of the identified perpetrators were foreign nationals.

Concerns deepen when examining crimes involving minors. In 2023, 56 percent of sexual-violence arrests involving offenders under 18 were foreign nationals, according to the ministry’s own data.

Another government study examining offenders aged 14 to 34 found that 59 percent of known suspects in sexual-violence cases were foreign nationals—again, a stark overrepresentation relative to their 12 percent share of that age group.

The same report noted that every recorded incident of forced or arranged marriage between 2020 and 2023 was attributed to a foreign-born suspect, reflecting crimes that often involve cultural practices not shared by the host society.

Meanwhile, incidents of domestic violence and family abuse also showed disproportionate involvement by non-citizen offenders, with foreigners representing 36 percent of suspects in that category.

These numbers highlight a repeated statistical pattern that policymakers across Europe continue to debate—and, in many cases, willfully choose to ignore.

Similarly, many major mainstream press outlets across Western Europe rarely report on the attacks or broader statistical data involving migrant crime, often framing violent incidents in ways that omit nationality or immigration status.

Totolo’s list—drawn from local reporting—features repeated examples of women across Italy who were harassed, assaulted, or attacked by foreign-born suspects during everyday activities such as commuting, walking home, or going to work.

The pattern spans small towns and major urban centers, involving offenders with varied backgrounds, legal statuses, and criminal records, including cases where prior allegations had already been reported to authorities.

Public frustration is fueled not only by the attacks themselves, but also by the perception that national-level press often minimizes or contextualizes these incidents in ways that deceptively obscure broader trends.

The Italian statistics mirror similar debates in countries like Germany, Sweden, and France, where crime data has also shown disproportionate involvement of foreign-born men in certain violent offenses.

Since the 2015-2016 migration crisis, the European Union has received more than nine million asylum applications, according to the EU Agency for Asylum. Annual claims peaked at 1.3 million in 2015, remained above a million again in 2022 and 2023, and totaled 8.66 million between 2015 and 2024. Another 399,000 filed in just the first half of 2025.

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