Police-recorded offences by offence category

In 2023, Sweden's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 3.6% compared to 2022, reaching 287,940.

Sweden ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 13.9% (from 334,286 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset crim_off_cat, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.