SE · 2020 · crim_off_cat

Police-recorded offences by offence category

Sweden, 2020

Police-recorded offences by offence category
81,140
Sweden, 2020
▲ 7.5% vs 2019 (75,450)
Analysis

In 2020, Sweden's police-recorded offences by offence category increased by 7.5% compared to 2019, reaching 81,140.

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 9.9% (from 90,059 in 2015).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#4 of 24
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