Stockholm

Sweden · Europe

—Safety index

U.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

4/5metric categories covered

Open comparison

59.33°, 18.07°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

We do not compute a composite score for Stockholm, because we lack a vetted homicide rate and the index needs that input.

What we do have is a recorded robbery rate of 49 per 100,000, reported for the wider state rather than the city and calculated by us from a count and a population, so it is an upper bound and, as police data, an undercount of what actually occurs. The governments we track split on framing: the US and Canada each place Sweden at their second advisory level, increased caution, while the UK and Australia hold it at their lowest. Every advisory covering the country flags pickpocketing and scams for visitors. On perception, 81.4% of city residents said they feel safe walking alone at night. With three of five incidence categories filled, this profile is provisional.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crimeNo data

Robbery & theft9

Travel advisoryNo data

The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

No vetted homicide figure for Stockholm yet.

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

49/100k

Police-recorded robbery undercounts true incidence (not every robbery is reported). Read this as recorded robbery, not total robbery.

Figure is for Stockholms län (state / province), wider than Stockholm itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 1202 (count, 2024) ÷ 2454821 population (Eurostat — Population on 1 January by age group sex and NUTS 3 region (demo_r_pjangrp3), 2024) × 100k.

Primary source: Eurostat — Police-recorded offences by NUTS 3 region (crim_gen_reg)

Where this sits on the scaleGuarded

040·120·250·400·600 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 65% of tracked cities

49/100k

0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

U.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Sweden Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Sweden Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Sweden travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Sweden travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.

Feel safe walking alone at night

City survey

81.4%feel safe

Sweden average · 77.6%

81.4% of people surveyed · Stockholm · 2023

% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (38%) + "somewhat agree" (43.4%); both are shares of the same respondents (base includes "don't know").

Primary source: Eurostat — Quality of Life in European Cities (Flash Eurobarometer, DG REGIO)

Report crime, violence or vandalism in their area

National survey

9.4%report a problem

9.4% of people surveyed · Sweden · 2023

Survey figure is for Sweden (country), wider than Stockholm itself.

Primary source: Eurostat — Crime, violence or vandalism in the area (EU-SILC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.

Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories

3 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Sweden travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories

1 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 1 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Sweden travel advice (Safety and security)