Safetlas

How safe is Sweden?

Officially recorded crime for every municipality - 290 in total - with rates per 1,000 residents, on an interactive map you can zoom from the whole country down to street level.

Data period: calendar year 2025. Sources: BRÅ reported crime via Kolada · GISCO boundaries and population.

Safest areas in Sweden

  1. Hammarö - 47.4 crimes / 1,000 residents
  2. Forshaga - 47.7 crimes / 1,000 residents
  3. Lekeberg - 48.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
  4. Gagnef - 49.8 crimes / 1,000 residents
  5. Kil - 50.2 crimes / 1,000 residents

Highest recorded crime

  1. Stockholm - 191.6 crimes / 1,000 residents
  2. Sigtuna - 181.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
  3. Malmö - 161.8 crimes / 1,000 residents
  4. Helsingborg - 155.8 crimes / 1,000 residents
  5. Järfälla - 151.0 crimes / 1,000 residents

Read the numbers honestly. Rates are per 1,000 residents, so city centres and tourist areas look worse than they feel - many visitors, few residents. Recorded crime is not the same as how safe a place feels, and recording practices differ between countries, so compare within Sweden only.

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All 290 municipalities (kommuner), including sexual offences and violent crime per municipality.