Eleven per Cent of the Country. Forty-Four per Cent of the Homicide Convictions

The figures come from the Justice Ministry memo «Opgørelse over dømte indvandrere og efterkommere», which B.T. has seen. The document was sent to politicians at Christiansborg. It has not been laid before the public.

In absolute numbers: 54 people were convicted of homicide or attempted homicide in 2025. Of those, 12 were immigrants from a non-Western country, and 12 were descendants “of non-Western origin.” 124 people were convicted of rape. Of those, 22 were immigrants from a non-Western country, and 15 were descendants. Twenty-four of fifty-four. Thirty-seven of one hundred and twenty-four.

B.T. sets out the ministry’s own definitions. An immigrant is born abroad; neither parent is both a Danish citizen and born in Denmark. A descendant is born in Denmark; neither parent is both a Danish citizen and born in Denmark. Non-Western countries are all nations other than the EU plus Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the Vatican, Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Research professor Lars Højgaard Andersen of the Rockwool Foundation told B.T.:

«Det kan være svært at adskille det religiøse fra det kulturelle. Særligt når det handler om islam, som ikke er så sekulær, som vi er vant til i Vesteuropa, og hvor der er nogle særlige dogmer for adfærd.»

“It can be difficult to separate the religious from the cultural. Especially when it comes to Islam, which is not as secular as we are used to in Western Europe, and where there are particular dogmas for behaviour.”

He adds that honour concepts play in, and that Islam is not “a direct cause,” but can be a contributing one, “because it affects the culture and the crime that is committed.” On rape he speaks of a more traditional view of gender:

«I de her miljøer kan der være en mere traditionel opfattelse køn, og dermed også hvordan relationen skal være mellem mand og kvinde.»

“In these environments there can be a more traditional view of gender, and thus also of how the relation between man and woman is supposed to be.”

I quote the paper as printed, including the missing “af.”

According to @RMistereggen, that is why the numbers are often buried. @HeleneTveit1 called them «syk statistikk» — “sick statistics” — and pointed at Denmark. B.T. published the homicide figures on 29 August and the rape figures on 31 August. The X posts in this window are from 1 September.

The same memo, in the rape article, also gives 30 per cent of convictions for aggravated violence last year as having non-Western origin.

A memo for the politicians. Not for the citizens. The group is the eleven in the population and almost half the homicide convictions. That is what a country looks like when it counts — and then leaves the document in the drawer.

Is this accurate — or do I have a detail wrong?