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Police-recorded offences by offence category

Sweden, 2018

Police-recorded offences by offence category
77,914
Sweden, 2018
▼ 13.4% vs 2017 (89,981)
Analysis

In 2018, Sweden's police-recorded offences by offence category decreased by 13.4% compared to 2017, reaching 77,914.

Sweden ranks 4th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 8.8% (from 85,453 in 2013).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#4 of 24
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