Reported offences per 100,000 residents · 2025 · municipality
All offences reported in the municipality in 2025 (2,716 offences), per 100,000 residents. Reported offences are not the same as committed or cleared offences.
How much violence in public places is reported in Ale?
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Violence in public places against adults, reported offences per 100,000 residents · 2025 · municipality
Rank 189 of 290 ranked municipalities (2025) — highest number of reported offences per 100,000 residents. An order of reported offences, not of victimisation, safety or risk.
Reported offences of assault, including aggravated assault, committed outdoors in public places against people aged 18 or over (3 kap. 5, 6 § BrB Misshandel inkl. grov). Reported offences are not the same as committed or cleared offences; reporting propensity, police operations and local movement patterns affect the level.
Ale had 32,625 residents on 31 December 2025 (Statistics Sweden, BE0101N1). Since 2002 the population has grown by 6,790 people. The largest urban area Nödinge-Nol had 11,658 residents (2023, SCB MI0810).
Foreign background by age and sex is not published at municipal level by Statistics Sweden. Foreign background for this municipality is shown by area (DeSO) further down the page.
Households in Ale
Register-based household statistics from Statistics Sweden. Shares are derived from compatible published cells within the same SCB table and reference year.
In 2025, Ale municipality had 32,625 residents according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101N1). Of these, 11,658 lived in the main urban area Nödinge-Nol (2023).
›How has the population of Ale changed?
Since 2002 the population has grown by 6,790 people (+26.3 %). Source: Statistics Sweden BE0101N1.
›Which county is Ale in?
Ale municipality is located in Västra Götalands län (county code 14).
›What is the municipal tax rate in Ale?
In 2026 the total local tax rate in Ale is 32.80 % (municipality 21.32 % plus region 11.48 %). That is rank 80 of 290 municipalities from lowest to highest. Source: Statistics Sweden OE0101.
›What does unemployment look like in Ale?
In Ale, openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%) was 2.4 % (2025). The national figure is 2.7 %. Source: Arbetsförmedlingen via Kolada N03937. Observation SF.KOLADATS-ARBETSLOSHET-18-65.1440.2025.
›How are school results in Ale?
In Ale, year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes (%) was 81.6 % (2025). The national figure is 81.5 %. Source: Skolverket via Kolada N15424. Observation SF.KOLADATS-BEHORIGHET-GYMNASIUM.1440.2025.
›How much crime is reported in Ale?
In Ale, reported offences, total (per 100,000) was 8,331.8 /100k (2025). The national figure is 9,856.9 /100k. Source: Brå via Kolada N07540. Observation SF.KOLADATS-ANMALDA-BROTT-TOTALT.1440.2025.
›What share of the population in Ale has a foreign background?
In 2025, 27.2 % of the population in Ale had a foreign background according to Statistics Sweden (BE0101Q2), compared with 27.7 % nationally. More detail is available on the dedicated immigration page for Ale.
›Where does the data come from?
Population comes from Statistics Sweden BE0101N1 and foreign background from BE0101Q2. Local key figures come from Kolada (RKA) and Statistics Sweden via Sverigefakta's municipal data engine, and every figure carries its own observation ID.
Sources and method
BE0101N1Population by municipality, age, sex and year (31 Dec)
The figures on this page can be traced to their stated sources. Where an observation ID is available, it is shown with the corresponding fact. Read the method.
Foreign background: 27.1 % in 2025 (SCB BE0101Q2).
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