Number of fatal shootings in Sweden 2012-2023

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.