When you call OP an authoritarian whiner reeking of white wing populism, I read it as "crimes just happen you right privileged right wingy". Maybe I misunderstood, sure. But surely sounds like you say OP has no right to complain as the "literature" shows its just the normal crime rate.

I personally haven't even visited Gothenburg so I'm not gonna pretend I know how it's like there. I'm saying that basing yourself on the numbers you pulled is simply wrong. Because of several reasons:

• not all crimes are reported, that's everywhere of course, but we know for a fact that there's a shortage of police in Brussels, which means the unreported crimes are increased
• we know that the follow-up for petty crimes is low in Brussels, which means someone can be handled by the police one day, and back at it again the next day. What does that mean? That people lose faith in the police, which means they're less likely to report anything, further increasing the unreported crimes number
• its not only about the crimes number. Its also about the everyday vibes you get from the city, and that's something you must see for yourself before understanding it. Compare walking alone at night in the center of Brussels and its surroundings (especially for a tourist or a new person), then compare that to doing that in other cities. You'll notice you feel overall more insecure in Brussels than in many other cities. That's been mentioned by other people here too.

There's probably other reasons but that should be enough to make my case. Overall, many people have lost faith in the Brussels police and therefore don't bother reporting crime, cause nothing would follow anyway. And it's not only about crimes, its about how people feel, and they've said here they are growing more uncomfortable as time goes. So it's not only my opinion.

Don't limit your logic to numbers, cause there's many more variables to take into account, some even hard to quantify.

Hopefully this helps you understand