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Home burglary in Sweden, by county

In 2025, the Swedish counties with the highest rate of residential burglary were Värmlands län (102.8 per 100,000 people), Blekinge län (102.6) and Skåne län (102.3). By number of cases the top three are Stockholms län (2,509), Skåne län (1,464) and Västra Götalands län (1,270): a high count also reflects population size, not just risk.

How many home burglaries (bostadsinbrott, in houses and flats) are reported in each Swedish county, relative to population, and how the numbers have changed since 2024. The last column counts burglaries in holiday homes separately.

8,820home burglaries reported in Sweden in 2025

Highest values: per 100,000 people

  1. Värmlands län102.8
  2. Blekinge län102.6
  3. Skåne län102.3
  4. Stockholms län101.2
  5. Örebro län89.5
  6. Hallands län84.2
  7. Kronobergs län79.2
  8. Södermanlands län78.7
  9. Kalmar län76.9
  10. Dalarnas län73.4
  11. Jönköpings län71.9
  12. Västra Götalands län71.5
  13. Västmanlands län71.5
  14. Gävleborgs län63.0
  15. Norrbottens län55.5

All the data

Värmlands län102.8291+26.5%44
Blekinge län102.6161+0.6%80
Skåne län102.31,464−17.3%384
Stockholms län101.22,509−14.5%221
Örebro län89.5276−9.2%58
Hallands län84.2291−0.3%56
Kronobergs län79.2161−18.7%88
Södermanlands län78.7237−23.5%56
Kalmar län76.9189−36.6%95
Dalarnas län73.4210+1.9%115
Jönköpings län71.9266−10.4%33
Västra Götalands län71.51,270−17.1%191
Västmanlands län71.5201−19.0%28
Gävleborgs län63.0179−18.6%94
Norrbottens län55.5138+5.3%55
Västernorrlands län50.2121−9.7%75
Gotlands län49.330−9.1%18
Östergötlands län49.1232−29.9%61
Uppsala län44.5182−34.1%47
Jämtlands län42.957+16.3%36
Västerbottens län28.981−27.0%35

How to read these figures

  • These are offences reported to and recorded by the police, customs and prosecutors in the year of the report, even if the burglary happened earlier. Unreported burglaries do not appear, and a few reports turn out not to be offences.
  • The Brå category “Inbrottsstöld i bostad” adds burglaries in detached and terraced houses to burglaries in flats, attempts included. Cellars, attics and holiday homes are separate categories: holiday homes are in the last column and are not part of the rate.
  • Since 2015 Brå no longer publishes figures by county (län), only by police region and by municipality. We get the county figures by adding up the municipalities where the burglary took place. 3.1% of 2025 burglaries have no municipality recorded: they count in the national total but in no county.
  • We calculate the rate ourselves: reported burglaries divided by the county’s average 2025 population (SCB). Brå uses the same population: the rates for each municipality match the published ones.

Source: Brottsförebyggande rådet (Brå), Anmälda brott, tabell 120: anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 och 2024, Inbrottsstöld i bostad; population: Statistiska centralbyrån (SCB), Medelfolkmängd 2025 (BE0101D) · Licence: Brå: free reuse with no conditions; SCB population: CC0 · Data retrieved on

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