Sweden - Homicide rate

Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female)

The value for Intentional homicides, female (per 100,000 female) in Sweden was 0.663 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.896 in 2004 and a minimum value of 0.446 in 2012.

Definition: Intentional homicides, female are estimates of unlawful female homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.

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Year Value
1999 0.640
2000 0.822
2001 0.653
2002 0.805
2003 0.596
2004 0.896
2005 0.672
2006 0.779
2007 0.691
2008 0.597
2009 0.823
2010 0.570
2011 0.527
2012 0.446
2013 0.540
2014 0.515
2015 0.594
2016 0.590
2017 0.546
2018 0.663

Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male)

The value for Intentional homicides, male (per 100,000 male) in Sweden was 1.50 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.74 in 2007 and a minimum value of 0.98 in 2012.

Definition: Intentional homicides, male are estimates of unlawful male homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.

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Year Value
1999 1.65
2000 1.35
2001 1.31
2002 1.47
2003 1.31
2004 1.49
2005 1.17
2006 1.22
2007 1.74
2008 1.18
2009 1.18
2010 1.37
2011 1.19
2012 0.98
2013 1.27
2014 1.28
2015 1.70
2016 1.57
2017 1.74
2018 1.50

Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)

The value for Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) in Sweden was 1.08 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.33 in 1991 and a minimum value of 0.71 in 2012.

Definition: Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.

Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime's International Homicide Statistics database.

See also:

Year Value
1990 1.11
1991 1.33
1992 1.31
1993 1.23
1994 1.14
1995 0.98
1996 1.12
1997 0.98
1998 1.04
1999 1.14
2000 1.08
2001 0.98
2002 1.13
2003 0.95
2004 1.19
2005 0.92
2006 1.00
2007 1.21
2008 0.89
2009 1.00
2010 0.97
2011 0.86
2012 0.71
2013 0.90
2014 0.90
2015 1.15
2016 1.08
2017 1.14
2018 1.08

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility