Crime statistic in Sweden

[longcoolwoman]

Hello everyone,

I am new here, and I wanted to ask for some help. I hope I am posting this in the correct area.

I am working on a project that compares homicide, (murder rates), in Canada, United States, and Sweden. Specifically, I require authoritative information about the number of murders in Sweden in 2001.

Interpol says there were 892, but I do not think this can be correct, since this would make Sweden's murder rate equal to the United States! Impossible of course.

I think the information I need is here,

http://www.bra.se/extra/statistics/extra_index?lang=se

but I cannot read it. Can someone help me please? If anyone can recommend another AUTHORITATIVE web site that has this information, please let me know.

I appreciate all help, thank you.

[Mayweed]

Well, according to BRÅ (crime-preventing org), the link you have there, in 2001 'we' had 167 cases of murders/manslaughters and abuses which lead to death. I.e 2 deaths (by assault) per 100,000 citizens.

It that what you wanted?

// May

[bosse_s]

Mayweed is correct. I can't believe that Interpol would give you such figures. I would guess that that number is somewhere around how many people die in traffic accidents per year in Sweden.

The murder rate is quite stabile around 110-140 murders/year in Sweden. Please note that the figure 167 is reported murders - some are later found not to be murder so the figure drop if you would look at the death cause statistics instead of the reported crimes.

[Mayweed]

Nods Bosse, the 167 is all reported crimes that resulted in death. So it includes both murders, manslaughter and abuse that is fatal.
Not very much anyway.

// May

[Didac]

Interesting reading, on BRÅ.

2 per 100 000, whats the U.S stats?

Perhaps we are catching up, considering that we only had about 50 murders per year in the 1950's (with a pop. abot 7 million compared to todays 9 million).


Heres the graph of murders/manslaughters per year in Sweden since 1988:


BRÅ statistics