Since 2014, Sweden has the highest rate of reported serious assaults of the Nordic countries. In 2022, 44.4 serious assaults per 100,000 citizens were reported in the country, compared to 38.8 in Iceland in second. Sweden has experienced increasing problems with gang violence in recent years.
Rate of reported serious assaults in the Nordic countries from 2012 to 2022
(per 100,000 inhabitants)
Characteristic
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
Iceland
Norway
2012
29.69
34.36
56.29
23.16
55.78
2013
26.83
33
48.76
28.58
50.8
2014
27.24
30.18
47.38
31.01
46.54
2015
25.8
28.56
47.66
25.83
43.34
2016
30.36
29.01
50.34
22.25
42.2
2017
33.12
28.73
46.87
30.44
40.16
2018
32.12
29.18
46.53
35.01
37.16
2019
33.9
28.71
52.04
27.17
39.96
2020
32.13
31.74
51.22
36.25
33.27
2021
32.26
30.05
46.37
32.54
29.14
2022
36.74
31.11
44.4
38.8
35.61
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Police-recorded offences by crime such as : homicide, assault, kidnapping,sexual violence, rape, sexual assault, robbery, burglary, burglary of private residential premises, theft, theft of a motorized land vehicle and drug crimes.
Supplementary notes
Numbers have been rounded.
The figures from 2008 onwards for police-recorded offences are based on the joint Eurostat-UNODC data collection. It is available at country level for European Union Member States, EFTA countries, EU Candidate countries, and EU Potential Candidates.
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Eurostat. (April 23, 2024). Rate of reported serious assaults in the Nordic countries from 2012 to 2022 (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464225/assault-rate-nordics/
Eurostat. "Rate of reported serious assaults in the Nordic countries from 2012 to 2022 (per 100,000 inhabitants)." Chart. April 23, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464225/assault-rate-nordics/
Eurostat. (2024). Rate of reported serious assaults in the Nordic countries from 2012 to 2022 (per 100,000 inhabitants). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464225/assault-rate-nordics/
Eurostat. "Rate of Reported Serious Assaults in The Nordic Countries from 2012 to 2022 (per 100,000 Inhabitants)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464225/assault-rate-nordics/
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Rate of reported serious assaults in the Nordic countries from 2012 to 2022 (per 100,000 inhabitants) [Graph], Eurostat, April 23, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1464225/assault-rate-nordics/
