Socio-economic status, demographic background and criminal history.

By Lisa Westfelt

This study focuses on aspects that have not yet been examined in Swedish research: the socio-economic status and demographic background of victims and perpetrators at the time homicides are committed, as well as the victims and perpetrators’ criminal histories.

English summary of Brå report 2025:5 Stockholm: The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå), 2025. 14p.

Scope, trends and characteristics.

By Klara Hradilova-Selin

This study is the fourth in a series of Brå’s research reports on homicide in Sweden, based on material from the criminal justice system. The analyses build on audited data from police preliminary investigations and, in cases that have been cleared, judgments obtained from both district courts and appeal courts. The aim has been to outline trends in and characteristics of homicide cases since 1990, with a particular focus on the most recent period for which data have been collected, 2018–2021. Some analyses also include data from Brå’s statistics on confirmed cases of lethal violence for 2022 and 2023. 

Report 2024:6