Crime in Sweden
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Crime in Sweden is defined by the Swedish Penal Code (Swedish: brottsbalken) and in other Swedish laws and statutory instruments.[2][3]
Parts of this article (those related to Parts dependent on older Swedish Crime Surveys (the newest SCS is from 2019)) need to be updated. (January 2020) |
According to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, the number of reported crimes in Sweden has increased when measured from the 1950s, consistent with other Western countries in the postwar era, which they say can be explained by a number of factors, such as statistical and legislative changes and increased public willingness to report crime.[4]