The crime rate in Stockholm fluctuated somewhat between 2000 and 2022. It stood at 20,000 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2000 compared to 19,600 in 2022. It was at its highest in 2016, when it reached 24,000 per 100,000 inhabitants. This was also the year that the total number of reported crimes was it at highest during the period.

This is a dataset on reported swedish crime statistics from 1950 to 2023 taken from https://bra.se/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statistics/crime-statistics.html

The dataset includes - Total number of crimes - Life and Death crimes - Murder, Manslaughter and lethal assault - Assault/Aggravated Assult - Sexual Offences - Rape, Aggravated Rape - Theft, Robbery, Stealing - Burglary not involving firearm - Burglary in flats, Private Houses - Vehicle theft - Theft out of a motor vehicle - Theft from shops, Department stores etc. - Robbery, Aggravated robbery - Fraud and other acts of dishonesty - Criminal Damage - Narcotics - Driving under the influence

Things to consider:

1 Statistic figures on reported completed murder and manslaughter are higher than the actual number of murder and manslaughter.

2 Year 1950-1984 also including "sexual violation".

3 Year 1965-1967 also including burglary involving fire arms, ammunition and explosives.

4 Including crimes against the Narcotics Regulation year 1950-1983. From 1 July 1983 crimes against the Narcotics Regulation is covered by the Narcotics Drugs (Penal) Act section 5a.

5 Since 1 July 1999 also including driving under the influence of illicit drugs.

6 Four cases of embezzlement reported in 1996 covered appx 24'500 offences.

7 Statistics on crimes against creditors (Penal code ch. 11) and tax crimes are incomplete year 1998 and 1999 due incomplete reporting to Brå.

8 Data for year 1999 and 2000 may have been affected by a system change in year 1999/2000.

9 Excluding data where crime is uncategorized. These data were removed from the statistics from year 2003.

The region with highest number of homicides in Sweden in 2022 was the region of Stockholm, where 38 deaths by homicide were registered. Region South ranked second by number of homicides, with Region West following in third. The lowest number of homicides were recorded in the Northern Region and Region Bergslagen. The number of homicides in Sweden was roughly the same in 2021 as in 2022.

In 2022, vandalism was the type of crime reported most often in the Swedish Capital of Stockholm. ****** cases of vandalism were reported that year. With around ****** cases, theft was the second most common type of crime in the city, followed by other types of crime. That year, ******** crimes were reported in Stockholm.

In 2022, there was a reduction in theft crimes by 11 percent compared to 10 years ago. On the other hand, the number of property damage cases increased by five percent and fraud crimes by three percent. In 2022, around 1.5 million crimes were committed in Sweden.

Types of crime

The most common crime in Sweden in 2022 was theft crime, which accounted for 27 percent of all crimes. Crimes against people was the second largest type of crime, which accounted for 20 percent of all crimes. On the other hand, traffic crimes made up only five percent of the crimes committed in Sweden that year.

 Theft crimes

While theft crimes made up the largest share of reported crimes, only one percent reported to have been victims of thefts in Sweden. On the other hand, eight percent reported to have been threatened at some point.

Context

Swedish crime statistics from 1950 to 2015

Content

This data set contains statistics on reported crimes in Sweden (by 100.000) from 1950 to 2015. It contains the following columns:

1. crimes.total: total number of reported crimes
2. crimes.penal.code: total number of reported crimes against the criminal code
3. crimes.person: total number of reported crimes against a person
4. murder: total number of reported murder
5. sexual.offences: total number of reported sexual offences
6. rape: total number of reported rapes
7. assault: total number of reported aggravated assaults
8. stealing.general: total number of reported crimes involving stealing or robbery
9. robbery: total number of reported armed robberies
10. burglary: total number of reported armed burglaries
11. vehicle.theft: total number of reported vehicle thefts
12. house.theft: total number of reported theft inside a house
13. shop.theft: total number of reported theft inside a shop
14. out.of.vehicle.theft: total number of reported theft from a vehicle
15. criminal.damage: total number of reported criminal damages
16. other.penal.crimes: number of other penal crime offenses
17. fraud: total number of reported frauds
18. narcotics: total number of reported narcotics abuses
19. drunk.driving: total number of reported drunk driving incidents
20. Year: the year
21. population: the total estimated population of Sweden at the time

Acknowledgements

Raw data taken from: https://www.bra.se/bra/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statistics/crime-statistics.html

In 2023, Sweden had a total confirmed number of *** shootings. Only in the month of September 2023, the number of shootings were a staggering **, with ** of those taking place in Stockholm. The South Region of Sweden had a total of ** shootings during the year of 2023, Stockholm had a total of ***. Sweden has experienced increasing gang-related violence in recent years.

In the Region of Stockholm, there were significantly more men than women among the crime suspects between 2015 and 2022. In 2022, ****** of the ****** crime suspects were men. Moreover, the total number of crime suspects has increased until 2020, but fell slightly since.

The number of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in Sweden fluctuated over the past 20 years, but was usually around one. It was at its lowest in 2012, when 0.71 homicides per 100,000 inhabitant were registered, and at its highest in 2007 and 2020, reaching 1.2. In 2023, the homicide rate stood at 1.15. That year, 124 homicides were reported in Sweden.

a Data presented according to the sixth version of the ASI-6, the Central Archive of The National Board of Forensic Medicine, the PCL-R, the HCR-20, the official registry on health care utilization in Stockholm County Council, social services records, and the registry of the National Council for Crime Prevention.bM (SD) = Mean (Standard Deviation).c Data on prior criminality, substance use, psychiatric symptoms and treatment experiences concern the time period after 18 years of age.d More than three days per week.e Main crime at the index conviction.f Assault, murder/manslaughter, threat and robbery.g The subgroups were defined with reference to the term “triply troubled”, referring to individuals with a combination of mental health problems, substance use problems, and criminal behavior [4,40]. Two of the participants had not been assigned a subgroup membership.h Subgroup with low degrees of various problems.i Subgroup with severe legal-, psychiatric-, alcohol-, drug- and family/social problems.j Subgroup with elevated legal-, medical-, psychiatric and drug problems.k Subgroup with low levels of employment problems and medium levels of alcohol-, psychiatric-, and legal problems.l Among participants with at least one planned visit to an outpatient clinic.m Among participants with at least three planned visits to an outpatient clinic.Participant characteristics (n = 150)a.

The crime rate in Sweden was around 15,000 per 100,000 inhabitants from 2010 to 2020. However it fell in both 2021 and 2022. The total number of crimes also decreased in 2021.

Increased use of firearms

While Sweden usually is perceived as a peaceful country to live in, it has received unwanted attention in recent years for increasing gang violence and incidents involving the use of firearms. In 2022, the country recorded its highest number of shootings and its highest number of fatal-shootings.

The perpetrators

A high majority of the crime suspects in Sweden are men. In 2021, more than three in four crime suspects were men. In terms of age, 30-49-year-olds made up the highest share of suspects.

Sweden has witnessed an increase in the rates of sexual crimes including rape. Knowledge of who the offenders of these crimes are is therefore of importance for prevention. We aimed to study characteristics of individuals convicted of rape, aggravated rape, attempted rape or attempted aggravated rape (abbreviated rape+), against a woman ≥18 years of age, in Sweden. By using information from the Swedish Crime Register, offenders between 15 and 60 years old convicted of rape+ between 2000 and 2015 were included. Information on substance use disorders, previous criminality and psychiatric disorders were retrieved from Swedish population-based registers, and Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was used to identify classes of rape+ offenders. A total of 3 039 offenders were included in the analysis. A majority of them were immigrants (n = 1 800; 59.2%) of which a majority (n = 1 451; 47.7%) were born outside of Sweden. The LCA identified two classes: Class A — low offending class (LOC), and Class B — high offending class (HOC). While offenders in the LOC had low rates of previous criminality, psychiatric disorders and substance use disorders, those included in the HOC had high rates of previous criminality, psychiatric disorders and substance use disorders. While HOC may be composed by more “traditional” criminals probably known by the police, the LOC may represent individuals not previously known by the police. These two separated classes, as well as our finding in regard to a majority of the offenders being immigrants, warrants further studies that take into account the contextual characteristics among these offenders. Key pointsRape, aggravated rape, attempted rape or attempted aggravated rape (rape+) are increasing in Sweden.The majority of those convicted of rape+ are immigrants.LCA identifies two classes of rape+ offenders: LOC and HOC. Rape, aggravated rape, attempted rape or attempted aggravated rape (rape+) are increasing in Sweden. The majority of those convicted of rape+ are immigrants. LCA identifies two classes of rape+ offenders: LOC and HOC.

a 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval.b Compared to no residence in dry housing.c Compared to

In 2021, the Swedish Capital of Stockholm reported its highest number of sex crimes in the period under consideration. It then fell to ***** in 2022, but was still higher than in 2019 and 2020. The number of reported sex crimes in Stockholm has been around ***** since 2010.

BackgroundAlthough selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are widely prescribed, associations with violence are uncertain.Methods and FindingsFrom Swedish national registers we extracted information on 856,493 individuals who were prescribed SSRIs, and subsequent violent crimes during 2006 through 2009. We used stratified Cox regression analyses to compare the rate of violent crime while individuals were prescribed these medications with the rate in the same individuals while not receiving medication. Adjustments were made for other psychotropic medications. Information on all medications was extracted from the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register, with complete national data on all dispensed medications. Information on violent crime convictions was extracted from the Swedish national crime register. Using within-individual models, there was an overall association between SSRIs and violent crime convictions (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.19, 95% CI 1.08–1.32, p

a Two participants had not been assigned a subgroup membership and were therefore excluded from the analysis [4].b 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval.c The subgroups were defined with reference to the term “triply troubled”, referring to individuals with a combination of mental health problems, substance use problems, and criminal behavior [4,40]. Membership of the subgroup “Working triply troubled” (i.e. the subgroup with low levels of employment problems and medium levels of alcohol-, psychiatric-, and legal problems) was used as a reference category. Each of the remaining subgroups was compared to this particular group (not shown in the table).d Subgroup with low degrees of various problems.e Subgroup with severe legal-, psychiatric-, alcohol-, drug- and family/social problems.f Subgroup with elevated legal-, medical-, psychiatric and drug problems.g Compared to

The total number of reported crimes in Stockholm increased from 2000 to 2022. While around 152,000 crimes were reported in the former year, 192,000 cases were reported in 2022. This was still lower than the peak in 2016, when over 223,000 crimes were reported in the Swedish Capital.

Since 2013, possession of drugs was the most common type of drug-related crime in the Swedish Capital of Stockholm. Moreover, the number has been increasing since 2016, reaching nearly ***** cases in 2022. Personal use of drugs was the second most common type of drug-related crime, reaching nearly ***** that year.

After increasing from 2010 to 2013, the number of reported thefts and robberies in the Swedish Capital has fallen constantly. While close to ****** cases were registered in 2013, the number had fallen below ****** by 2022.

The share of murder cases being solved in Sweden varied between 16 and 26 percent over the last 10 years. The highest clearance rate was registered in 2016. In 2022, 17 percent of the registered murder cases were solved. Over the same period, the total number of homicides increased.