The latest list of marginalised and troubled neighbourhoods – also known as the 'ghetto list' – has revealed that the number of ghettos in Denmark has fallen from 33 to 31 compared to last year.
The list showed that while Denmark has five new marginalised areas compared to last year, seven areas have been dropped from last year's list.
”It's really good news,” Carsten Hansen, the minister of housing, urban and rural affairs, said in a press release. ”The government has made massive efforts to create good housing, security and community in the marginalised areas, and these efforts now look like they're paying off.”
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Fewer criminals
To end up on the list, vulnerable areas need at least 1,000 citizens and to fulfil five politically-defined criteria in the areas of education, income, unemployment, the proportion of convicted criminals, and the proportion of immigrants and descendants of immigrants from non-western countries.
The Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural Affairs revealed that the improvement compared to last year was largely down to fewer criminals. Some 68,000 people live in Denmark's 31 marginalised areas on the 'ghetto list'.
”Even the smallest improvement in the number of citizens who are employed makes a difference, especially for the young people, so we will continue to focus on internships when we renovate the residential areas," Hansen said.
Fact box
Here is the updated list of Danish 'ghettos':
Lundtoftegade – Copenhagen NEW
Mjølnerparken – Copenhagen
Sjælør Boulevard – Copenhagen NEW
Tingbjerg/Utterslevhuse – Copenhagen
Bispeparken – Copenhagen
Degnegården mv – Copenhagen NEW
Hedemarken – Albertslund
Tåstrupgård Høje – Tåstrup
Charlotteager Høje – Tåstrup
Gadehavegård Høje – Tåstrup
Karlemoseparken – Køge NEW
Æblehaven/Rønnebærparken – Roskilde
Agervang mv. – Holbæk
Ringparken, – Slagelse
Motalavej – Slagelse
Vollsmose – Odense
Byparken/Skovparken – Svendborg
Præstebakken/Syrenparken – Esbjerg NEW
Stengårdsvej-kvarteret – Esbjerg
Hedelundgårdparken – Esbjerg
Korskærparken – Fredericia
Søndermarksvej mv – Fredericia
Sundparken – Horsens
Munkebo – Kolding
Skovparken/Skovvejen – Kolding
Finlandsparken – Vejle
Højvangen – Skanderborg
Bispehaven – Aarhus
Gellerupparken/Toveshøj – Aarhus
Trigeparken – Aarhus
Sebbersundvej mv – Aalborg
The seven areas that were dropped from the list this year
Aldersrogade – Copenhagen
Nivåhøj – Fredensborg
Ladegårdsparken – Holbæk
Solbakken mv – Odense
Nørager/Søstjernevej m.fl – Sønderborg
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Glarbjergvej-området – Randers
