Number of fatal shootings in Sweden 2012-2023

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Einar H. Dyvik,
Jul 4, 2024

Since 2012, the number of deaths caused through shootings in Sweden increased. In 2012, 17 fatal shootings were registered, whereas this number had increased to a record-high 63 in 2022. In a recent report, the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention found that Sweden was one of the European countries where the number of fatal shootings per 100,000 inhabitant had increased the most since 2000.

Number of homicides through shooting in Sweden from 2012 to 2023

CharacteristicNumber of fatal shootings
2023 53
2022 63
2021 45
2020 48
2019 45
2018 43
2017 40
2016 30
2015 33
2014 28
2013 25
2012 17
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2024

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Survey time period

2012 to 2022

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