Reported offences per 100,000 residents · 2025 · municipality
All offences reported in the municipality in 2025 (3,581 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 Karlshamn?
230
Violence in public places against adults, reported offences per 100,000 residents · 2025 · municipality
Rank 43 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.
Neutral differences from the source’s official figure for Sweden in the same period. Selection threshold: at least 2 percentage points, or 5% for other units.
Overcrowding in apartment blocks (norm 2), share (%)
Karlshamn12.4 %
Sweden15.1 %
Karlshamn is below Sweden by 2.7 percentage points.
2025 · SCB via Kolada N07907 · rank 152 of 290
Reported violent offences (per 100,000)
Karlshamn965.4 /100k
Sweden1,066.8 /100k
Karlshamn is below Sweden by 101.4 /100k.
2025 · Brå via Kolada N07403 · rank 106 of 290
Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes, municipality of location (%)
Karlshamn79.5 %
Sweden84.1 %
Karlshamn is below Sweden by 4.6 percentage points.
2025 · Skolverket via Kolada N15424 · rank 179 of 282
Compare with nearby municipalities
Comparable values from the same period and definition. Sweden is the source’s official national figure.
Indicator
Karlshamn
Olofström
Sölvesborg
Bromölla
Karlskrona
Sweden
Openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%)2025 · Arbetsförmedlingen via Kolada N03937
2.8 %
3.0 %
2.5 %
3.7 %
2.1 %
3.1 %
Municipal tax rate (%)2025 · SCB via Kolada N00901
22.1 %
21.7 %
21.8 %
22.6 %
21.7 %
20.7 %
Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes, municipality of location (%)2025 · Skolverket via Kolada N15424
79.5 %
88.7 %
77.3 %
72.5 %
81.6 %
84.1 %
Overcrowding in apartment blocks (norm 2), share (%)2025 · SCB via Kolada N07907
Most similar to Karlshamn on share aged 0–19, share aged 65–79, share aged 80+, population, inhabitants per km² (2025), in order. An exploration aid — not a ranking of quality or a recommendation.
Measures: share aged 0–19, 65–79 and 80+ (Kolada), population on 31 December (Statistics Sweden BE0101N1) and inhabitants per km² (own calculation: population ÷ land area from Kolada, same year). Share aged 20–64 is omitted because the four age shares sum to 100. Population and density are compared on a logarithmic scale because they span several orders of magnitude.
Each measure is standardised (z-score across all municipalities with every measure used); the distance is the Euclidean distance with equal weight per measure. Equal distances are ordered by municipality code. A measure is only used if at least 90% of municipalities have it for the same year; if this municipality lacks a measure, that measure is left out rather than showing an empty list. Missing values are never treated as zero. No similarity percentage is shown.
Actual net cost per inhabitant in 2025, from Statistics Sweden's Municipal Accounts via Kolada. This is a verified selection, not a complete budget, and the values must not be added as total expenditure.
Actual outcome 2025
Elderly care
18,061 SEK/inh.
Compulsory school, preschool class–year 9
14,416 SEK/inh.
Disability services
10,060 SEK/inh.
Preschool, school-age childcare and other educational activities
8,829 SEK/inh.
Infrastructure, protection and related activities
5,613 SEK/inh.
Individual and family care
5,391 SEK/inh.
Upper-secondary school
5,029 SEK/inh.
Leisure activities
2,486 SEK/inh.
Cultural activities
1,364 SEK/inh.
Political activities
904 SEK/inh.
Budget (plan)
No verified budget for Karlshamn is shown. Municipal budgets are adopted by each council and published as documents; there is no common machine-readable official source for all 290 municipalities, so we do not copy figures that cannot be checked automatically. The budget is never mixed with the actual outcome above.
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What has changed in Karlshamn?
Latest observed period compared with the preceding period in the same series. A change between two periods — not a revision or a change of definition.
Population (31 Dec)2024: 31,751 people → 2025: 31,642 people
Municipal tax rate (%)2024: 22.2 % → 2025: 22.1 %
Median income, 20+2023: 321,700 SEK → 2024: 334,100 SEK
Openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%)2024: 2.8 % → 2025: 2.8 %
Karlshamn had 31,642 residents on 31 December 2025 (Statistics Sweden, BE0101N1). Since 2002 the population has grown by 903 people. The largest urban area Karlshamn had 19,966 residents (2023, SCB MI0810).
Larger chart and tableForeign-born, or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents, as a share of the population on 31 December. The 2025 observation uses Statistics Sweden's CKM disclosure-control method. Source: SCB BE0101Q2. Primary data, shown unchanged.
Share with a foreign background in Karlshamn, 2002–2025
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 Karlshamn
Register-based household statistics from Statistics Sweden. Shares are derived from compatible published cells within the same SCB table and reference year.
SCB applies CKM disclosure control to the 2025 figures; published values contain a small amount of controlled random uncertainty.
Municipal election 2026
Final · Source: Valmyndigheten
Turnout
83.00 %
Seats
51
Valid votes
20,747
Blank votes
416
Result per party, municipal council election 2026
Party
Share
vs 2022
Votes
Seats
Social Democratic Party
31.71 %
–
6,578
16
Moderate Party
17.96 %
–
3,726
9
Sweden Democrats
17.91 %
–
3,715
9
Centre Party
8.90 %
–
1,846
5
Christian Democrats
6.84 %
–
1,419
4
Left Party
5.40 %
–
1,120
3
Green Party
5.04 %
–
1,046
3
MEDMedborgerlig Samling
4.30 %
–
893
2
Other parties (10)
1.95 %
–
404
–
Latest actual election: 13 September 2026 (final count). Turnout figures in Kolada series elsewhere on this page refer to an earlier election and are labelled with their series year.
Riksdag election 2026, result per party in Karlshamns kommun
Party
Share
vs 2022
Votes
Social Democratic Party
29.39 %
−2.3
6,121
Sweden Democrats
25.14 %
−3.6
5,236
Moderate Party
17.26 %
−0.5
3,596
Christian Democrats
6.94 %
+2.0
1,445
Left Party
6.31 %
+1.7
1,315
Centre Party
5.20 %
+0.5
1,084
Liberals
4.31 %
+1.3
898
Green Party
4.23 %
+0.9
882
AFSAlternativ för Sverige
0.47 %
+0.2
98
Other parties (12)
0.74 %
–
155
Total valid votes
100 %
20,830
Share of valid votes cast in the municipality. ± 2022 is the change in percentage points as reported by the Election Authority for the same party code; "–" means no comparable 2022 value. Votes are shown on wider screens. Source updated 2026-09-19 · retrieved 2026-10-01.
In 2025, Karlshamn Municipality had 31,642 residents according to Statistics Sweden (BefolkningCKM (000007ME)). Of these, 19,966 lived in the main urban area Karlshamn (2023).
›How has the population of Karlshamn changed?
Since 2002 the population has grown by 903 people (+2.9 %). Source: Statistics Sweden BE0101N1.
›Which county is Karlshamn in?
Karlshamn Municipality is located in Blekinge County (county code 10).
›What is the municipal tax rate in Karlshamn?
In 2026 the total local tax rate in Karlshamn is 33.80 % (municipality 21.76 % plus region 12.04 %). That is rank 170 of 290 municipalities from lowest to highest. Source: Statistics Sweden OE0101.
›How does Karlshamn use municipal funds?
Selected actual net costs in 2025 include Elderly care: 18,061 SEK per inhabitant; Compulsory school, preschool class–year 9: 14,416 SEK per inhabitant; Disability services: 10,060 SEK per inhabitant. These are outcomes from Statistics Sweden's Municipal Accounts via Kolada, not a complete budget and not figures to add as total expenditure.
›What does unemployment look like in Karlshamn?
In Karlshamn, openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%) was 2.8 % (2025). The national figure is 3.1 %. Source: Arbetsförmedlingen via Kolada N03937. Observation SF.KOLADATS-ARBETSLOSHET-18-65.1082.2025.
›How are school results in Karlshamn?
In Karlshamn, year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes, municipality of location (%) was 79.5 % (2025). The national figure is 84.1 %. Source: Skolverket via Kolada N15424. Observation SF.KOLADATS-BEHORIGHET-GYMNASIUM.1082.2025.
›How much crime is reported in Karlshamn?
In Karlshamn, reported offences, total (per 100,000) was 11,298 /100k (2025). The national figure is 13,581 /100k. Source: Brå via Kolada N07540. Observation SF.KOLADATS-ANMALDA-BROTT-TOTALT.1082.2025.
›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: 18.7 % in 2025 (SCB BE0101Q2).
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Short source
SVERIGEFAKTA, “Karlshamn Municipality population 2025: 31,642 residents”. Original source: SCB, SCB, Kolada. https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/karlshamn
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SVERIGEFAKTA, “Karlshamn Municipality population 2025: 31,642 residents”. Original source: SCB (https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/sv/ssd/START/BE/BE0101); SCB (https://api.scb.se/OV0104/v1/doris/sv/ssd/BO/BO0101/BO0101C/LagenhetNyKv16); Kolada (https://api.kolada.se/v3/kpi). https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/karlshamn
APA 7
Karlshamn Municipality population 2025: 31,642 residents. (n.d.). SVERIGEFAKTA. Retrieved 2026-10-28, from https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/karlshamn Original source: SCB, SCB, Kolada.
Harvard
“Karlshamn Municipality population 2025: 31,642 residents” (n.d.) SVERIGEFAKTA. Available at: https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/karlshamn (Accessed: 2026-10-28). Original source: SCB, SCB, Kolada.
BibTeX
@misc{sverigefakta_2026_en_municipality_karlshamn,
title = {Karlshamn Municipality population 2025: 31,642 residents},
howpublished = {\url{https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/karlshamn}},
note = {Presented by SVERIGEFAKTA; original source SCB, SCB, Kolada}
}
