Other measures for security in the built environment

The election manifesto makes the struggle against crime's deeper causes—class society, segregation and overcrowding—the main line and requires better resources for schools, leisure and social services; the party programme places the responsibility for preventing crime on society. To instead place safety work on private actors and finance it with charges that raise housing costs for tenants in vulnerable areas goes straight against this. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal.

• combat crime's causesdecisive»men framför allt med en kamp mot kriminalitetens djupare orsaker – klassamhället, segregationen, rasismen på arbetsmarknaden, trångboddheten och bristen på framtidstro« (2022 manifesto ↗)“but above all with a struggle against crime's deeper causes – class society, segregation, racism on the labour market, overcrowding and lack of faith in the future”
• society's responsibility for safety»kunna agera samlat, effektivt och rättssäkert för att förhindra brott« (party programme ↗)“be able to act together, effectively and with legal certainty to prevent crime”
• resources for preventative work»Skola och fritidsverksamheter behöver ges bättre resurser, likaså socialtjänsten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Schools and leisure activities need better resources, as does social services.”
• counter rising housing costs»hyresgäster krävs på allt högre hyror« (2022 manifesto ↗)“tenants are charged increasingly higher rents”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan makes crime prevention and safety-creating work a public commitment that shall grow in step with police investments, and establishes that everyone has the right to a safe immediate environment. It simultaneously wishes rental apartments to be possible for ordinary people to live in and rejects that disadvantaged areas should bear special solutions. The counter-proposal's demand for strengthened state responsibility without placing burdens on tenants thereby follows from the plan.

• public crime prevention responsibilitydecisive»För varje krona som läggs på fler poliser, ska minst en krona läggas på det förebyggande arbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For every krona spent on more police, at least one krona shall be spent on crime prevention work.”
• safe immediate environment for all»Rätt till trygg närmiljö för alla, prioritering av trygghetsskapande arbete.« (party programme ↗)“Right to safe immediate environment for all, prioritisation of safety-creating work.”
• reasonable living costs»Vi ska fortsätta att bygga hyresrätter som vanligt folk har råd att bo i.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall continue to build rental apartments that ordinary people can afford to live in.”
• no special solutions for disadvantaged»Segregationen bryts inte med särlösningar för resurssvaga.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Segregation is not broken by special solutions for resource-poor.”

The plan places security work with the public sector and wants to make a major effort in preventive work in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas and reduce residential segregation. Financing security with surcharges that raise housing costs for tenants in vulnerable areas contradicts this. The counter-proposal's demands for strengthened state responsibility without such surcharges therefore aligns with the plan.

• prevention in vulnerable areasdecisive»storsatsa på det förebyggande arbetet i socioekonomiskt eftersatta områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make a major effort in preventive work in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas.”
• public responsibility for security»Trygga platser skapas inte bara genom polisnärvaro« (party programme ↗)“Safe places are not created by police presence alone”
• reduced segregation»Vi vill minska skol- och bostadssegregationen och skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle,« (party programme ↗)“We want to reduce school and residential segregation and create a more inclusive society,”
• resources for the legal system»Miljöpartiet vill att rättsväsendet ska ha tillräckliga resurser för att skydda utsatta« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party wants the legal system to have sufficient resources to protect vulnerable”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan places security in the hands of the public sector: more police in daily life, police density up to EU average and reopened police stations. According to the manifesto, the social contract means that citizens should receive security and safety in return. The manifesto furthermore opposes measures that make housing more expensive. The counter-proposal's demand for stronger state responsibility for security-creating work without burdens that affect tenants thus aligns with the plan.

• public responsibility for securitydecisive»Fler poliser ska finnas närvarande i vardagen, både i utsatta områden och på landsbygden. Vi vill öka polistätheten till EU-snittet och öppna nedlagda polisstationer på nytt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More police should be present in daily life, both in disadvantaged areas and in rural areas. We want to increase police density to EU average and reopen closed police stations.”
• social contract's security promise»Du ska få trygghet, säkerhet och en god välfärd i utbyte.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“You should receive security, safety and good welfare in return.”
• no increased housing costs»Vi kommer inte att medverka till några skattehöjningar som skadar jobben, det egna sparandet eller gör det dyrare att bo.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We will not contribute to any tax increases that harm jobs, personal savings or make housing more expensive.”
• preventive criminal policy»Kriminalpolitiken ska därför både förebygga och avskräcka från brott, stödja brottsdrabbade och stimulera dem som har begått olagliga handlingar till en ny livssituation utan brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy should therefore both prevent and deter crime, support crime victims and encourage those who have committed illegal acts to a new life situation without crime.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that crime-fighting is the state's task and that the rule of law must have clear presence precisely in disadvantaged residential areas. It also places responsibility for crime prevention work on the public through legislated municipal measures. The counter-proposal's demands for strengthened public responsibility without burdens on tenants in disadvantaged areas is thereby in line with the plan.

• state's responsibility for crime-fightingdecisive»Alla kan bidra till ett tryggare Sverige, men det är endast staten som ska bekämpa brott och ansvara för en fungerande rättsordning.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone can contribute to a safer Sweden, but it is only the state that shall combat crime and be responsible for a functioning legal order.”
• rule of law's presence in disadvantaged areas»Ökad trygghet är en central fråga för att lyfta utsatta bostadsområden. Av avgörande betydelse är att rättssamhället har tydlig närvaro och att alla boende känner tryggheten i att brott beivras.« (party programme ↗)“Increased security is a central issue for lifting disadvantaged residential areas. Of decisive importance is that the rule of law has clear presence and that all residents feel secure that crimes are prosecuted.”
• legislated crime prevention»Kommuners brottsförebyggande arbete ska lagstadgas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Municipalities' crime prevention work shall be legislated.”
• safer neighborhoods through cooperation»Därför måste vi också bygga bort utsattheten med tryggare kvarter där fler kan äga sitt boende och där fastighetsägare och det offentliga samarbetar långsiktigt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we must also build away vulnerability with safer neighborhoods where more can own their housing and where property owners and the public cooperate long term.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan makes safety on streets and squares an public task that shall be restored with more police and strengthened crime prevention work, and urban planning shall be designed so that crime is prevented. It also establishes that low-paid families with children and pensioners shall be able to afford a good housing standard. That supports the counter-proposal's requirement for state responsibility without obligations that raise housing costs.

• public responsibility for safetydecisive»Tryggheten på gator och torg måste återupprättas, brottsförebyggande arbetet måste stärkas, brottslingar dömas och brottsoffer få upprättelse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Safety on streets and squares must be restored, crime prevention work must be strengthened, criminals sentenced and crime victims get restitution.”
• safety in planning»Planeringen bör också inriktas på att bygga och utforma samhällena så att trygghet främjas samtidigt som brott förebyggs och försvåras.« (party programme ↗)“Planning should also be aimed at building and designing communities so that safety is promoted while crime is prevented and hindered.”
• housing costs for weak households»Lågavlönade barnfamiljer, pensionärer och studerande måste ges möjligheter till en god bostadsstandard.« (party programme ↗)“Low-paid families with children, pensioners and students must be given possibilities for a good housing standard.”
• local police presence»Fler poliser med lokal närvaro, utbyggd primärvård, enklare starta lokal läkarmottagning och inrätta fler statliga servicekontor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More police with local presence, expanded primary health care, simpler start local medical clinic and establish more state service centres.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan makes safety-creating work in the built environment a public commitment and promises concrete investments in safe outdoor spaces and lighting. It also binds itself to a tax-increase ceiling and to households' costs not being driven up. The counter-proposal's requirement — strengthened state responsibility without charges hitting tenants — is thereby in line with the plan.

• public responsibility for safe outdoor spacesdecisive»Satsa på trygga utemiljöer, där en viktig del är att lysa upp obelysta platser runtom i Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in safe outdoor spaces, where an important part is to light up unlit places around Sweden”
• state crime-prevention reform package»Moderaterna vill därför genomföra det största brottsförebyggande reformpaketet i modern tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party therefore wants to implement the largest crime-prevention reform package in modern times.”
• safety is the state's core task»Politikens kärnuppgift är att garantera att dessa samhällsfunktioner upprätthålls.« (party programme ↗)“The core task of politics is to guarantee that these public functions are maintained.”
• no new charges on households»Införa ett skattehöjarstopp under den kommande mandatperioden som innebär att de samlade skatterna inte höjs« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a tax-increase ceiling for the coming term of office which means that combined taxes are not raised”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan makes a crime-preventive and safety-creating perspective a natural part of urban planning and demands increased security in all residential areas, while housing costs should be braked. The counter-proposal's demand that the state takes a clearer responsibility for safety-creating work without charges that hit tenants in vulnerable areas addresses both these commitments. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal's position.

• brottsförebyggande samhällsplaneringdecisive»Ett brottsförebyggande och trygghetsskapande perspektiv skall vara en självklar del« (party programme ↗)“A crime-preventive and safety-creating perspective shall be a natural part”
• trygghet i alla bostadsområden»Öka tryggheten i hela Sverige och i alla bostadsområden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase security in all of Sweden and in all residential areas”
• statens trygghetsansvar»garantera medborgarnas trygghet och säkerhet. Trygghet är en förutsättning för frihet.« (party programme ↗)“guarantee citizens' security and safety. Security is a precondition for freedom.”
• lägre boendekostnader»Åtgärder behöver också vidtas för att bromsa de skenande boendekostnaderna så att fler har råd till ett hem.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Steps also need to be taken to brake soaring housing costs so more can afford a home.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.