Crime in Sweden

Crime in Sweden is defined by the Swedish Penal Code (Swedish: brottsbalken) and in other Swedish laws and statutory instruments.^[2]^[3]

According to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, the number of reported crimes in Sweden has increased when measured from the 1950s, consistent with other Western countries in the postwar era, which they say can be explained by a number of factors, such as statistical and legislative changes and increased public willingness to report crime.^[4]

^ "Statistics database". statistik.bra.se. Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
^ "The Swedish Penal Code" (PDF). Government of Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
^ "Law 1994:458". Lagen.nu.
^ Cite error: The named reference crime-trend-stats-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "Statistics database". statistik.bra.se. Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

[2] "The Swedish Penal Code" (PDF). Government of Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

[3] "Law 1994:458". Lagen.nu.

[crime-trend-stats-1-4] Cite error: The named reference crime-trend-stats-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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