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
Hammarö - 47.4 crimes / 1,000 residents
Forshaga - 47.7 crimes / 1,000 residents
Lekeberg - 48.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
Gagnef - 49.8 crimes / 1,000 residents
Kil - 50.2 crimes / 1,000 residents
Highest recorded crime
Stockholm - 191.6 crimes / 1,000 residents
Sigtuna - 181.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
Malmö - 161.8 crimes / 1,000 residents
Helsingborg - 155.8 crimes / 1,000 residents
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.