Nordics: serious assault rate 2022

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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Release date

April 2024

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Region

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden

Survey time period

2012 to 2022

Special properties

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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