Gottsunda
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Gottsunda, is a district in Uppsala, Sweden. In 2007, it had 9,474 inhabitants.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120908075952/http://www.uppsala.se/upload/Dokumentarkiv/Externt/Dokument/Om_kommunen/Omradesfakta/Gottsunda.pdf Områdesfakta 2008, Uppsala kommun] The majority of the buildings are high-rise buildings built as part of the Million Programme in the 1960s and 1970s.{{Cite book|url=http://polisen.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/EU-rapport-utvardering-jarva1.pdf|title=Utvärdering av samverkan för att förebygga social oro i Järvaområdet|publisher=Polismyndigheten i Stockholms län, Stockholm municipality|pages=49–50|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401211125/http://polisen.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/EU-rapport-utvardering-jarva1.pdf|archive-date=1 April 2017}}
Etymology
The name is derived from the farm Gottsunda, and Gutasund or Guttasund is mentioned in sources as far back as 1304. The Swedish botanist Carl von Linné is known to have made excursions to Gottsunda with his students during the 18th century.{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}}
History
=2000s=
In the period leading up to 2009, there were a continuous increase in the number of crimes reported to police. After an arrest rioters started throwing rocks at police and setting fire to cars and car tires. The police started a collaboration with the school and social services in the area,{{Cite web|url=https://www.unt.se/nyheter/uppsala/flera-nya-brander-i-gottsunda-310159.aspx|title=Flera nya bränder i Gottsunda|last=unt.se|date=2009-08-30|website=www.unt.se|access-date=2019-06-07}} and during the following three years, the number of crimes decreased by 33%.
=2010s=
In the latter half of the 2010s, there were several incidents involving shootings and cars being set on fire{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/fler-bilbrander-i-gottsunda|title=Fler bilbränder i Gottsunda|last=Söderlund|first=Signe|date=2017-09-26|access-date=2019-03-19|language=sv}}{{Cite web|url=https://24uppsala.se/bilbrander-i-gottsunda-raddningstjansten-fick-poliseskort|title=Bilbränder i Gottsunda – räddningstjänsten fick poliseskort|date=2017-11-05|website=24Uppsala.se|access-date=2019-03-19}}{{cite web | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/polisen-haller-presskonferens-om-satsning-mot-den-grova-brottsligheten-i-gottsunda | title=Polisen håller presskonferens om satsning mot den grova brottsligheten i Gottsunda | work=svt.se | date=11 June 2019 | access-date=15 June 2020}} and in its 2017 report, the Swedish Police Authority placed the district in the most severe category of urban areas with high crime rates.{{cite book|title=Utsatta områden - Social ordning, kriminell struktur och utmaningar för polisen / Dnr HD 44/14A203.023/2016|date=June 2017|publisher=Swedish Police Authority - Nationella operativa avdelningen - Underrättelseenheten|page=41|url=https://polisen.se/Global/www%20och%20Intrapolis/Ovriga%20rapporter/Utsatta%20omr%c3%a5den%20-%20social%20ordning,%20kriminell%20struktur%20och%20utmaningar%20f%c3%b6r%20polisen.pdf|access-date=22 October 2017}} Regional chief of police Carin Götblad stated that the classification was due to having a number of criminal gangs, many illegal weapons in circulation and families where a criminal lifestyle is inherited from generation to generation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/polisens-presskonferens-om-utsatta-omraden|title="Gottsunda och Valsätra har en problematik"|last=Nyheter|first=SVT|work=SVT Nyheter|access-date=2017-10-28|language=sv}}
In 2017, police registered 2,800 incident reports in the district, which was an increase of 17% on the previous year. An incident is defined as anything from a violent crime to vandalism such as a broken window.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unt.se/nyheter/uppsala/sa-ska-gottsunda-bli-tryggare-4883206.aspx|title=Så ska Gottsunda bli tryggare|last=Wolters|first=Staffan|date=2018-01-27|website=www.unt.se|access-date=2019-03-19}}
See also
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