A naive person may be fooled into thinking that, say, the actual number of rapes per capita increased substantially, especially recently. This is likely untrue. For example:<p>"In Sweden, the definition of rape has been successively widened over the years, leading to an ever larger number of sexual assaults being classified as rape.[3][13][14][32] For example, in 1992 a legislative change came into force which shifted the dividing line between sexual assault and rape. This legislative change resulted in about a 25% increase in the level of registered rape offences.[12]"<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_Sweden" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_Sweden</a>