A city in The Netherlands

In the local Dutch newspaper 'Brabands Dagblad' it is reported that in the city of Den Bosh there are 16 gangs of mainly Moroccan youth who cause trouble. In total about 300 people. A research institute (IVA) rated half of them in the highest problem group that is involved in things like: theft, receiving, drug trafficking, drugs pushing, battering or in some cases even manslaughter or rape. The newspaper also reported that the government does not have good information about the problems and how to deal with it.

In the area of Den Bosch live around 131.664 people of which around 3726 are first and second generation Moroccan immigrants (Dutch Source: Wijkenoverzicht). That means we are talking about around 8% of the Moroccan's. But if we take demographics in account we get even worse results. Nation wide demographic numbers for Moroccan's (Dutch source: iseo-eur) say that 20% of the Moroccan's are age 14-25. That would estimate the Moroccan youth with an age between 14-25 to around 750 in Den Bosh.

That would mean that around 40% of the Moroccan youth in Den Bosch is causing extreme problems. But the girls, who are approximate 50% of the youth, are never involved in street crimes and harassments cases. This means that these number say that 80% of the Moroccan boys in Den Bosh are involved in street violence. Pretty scary number isn't it?

See also:
Robber dies


H/T: Dutch Disease
Source: Brabands Dagblad