Reported offences per 100,000 residents · 2025 · municipality
All offences reported in the municipality in 2025 (59,355 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 Malmö?
318
Violence in public places against adults, reported offences per 100,000 residents · 2025 · municipality
Rank 10 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.
Openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%)
Malmö5.6 %
Sweden3.1 %
Malmö is above Sweden by 2.5 percentage points.
2025 · Arbetsförmedlingen via Kolada N03937 · rank 1 of 290
Reported violent offences (per 100,000)
Malmö1,358.3 /100k
Sweden1,066.8 /100k
Malmö is above Sweden by 291.5 /100k.
2025 · Brå via Kolada N07403 · rank 12 of 290
Compare with nearby municipalities
Comparable values from the same period and definition. Sweden is the source’s official national figure.
Indicator
Malmö
Burlöv
Vellinge
Svedala
Helsingborg
Sweden
Openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%)2025 · Arbetsförmedlingen via Kolada N03937
5.6 %
4.7 %
2.2 %
2.7 %
4.9 %
3.1 %
Municipal tax rate (%)2025 · SCB via Kolada N00901
21.2 %
20.1 %
18.5 %
20.2 %
20.2 %
20.7 %
Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes, municipality of location (%)2025 · Skolverket via Kolada N15424
83.3 %
79.4 %
96.9 %
91.8 %
81.6 %
84.1 %
Overcrowding in apartment blocks (norm 2), share (%)2025 · SCB via Kolada N07907
Most similar to Malmö 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
Compulsory school, preschool class–year 9
13,201 SEK/inh.
Preschool, school-age childcare and other educational activities
11,040 SEK/inh.
Elderly care
10,556 SEK/inh.
Individual and family care
10,506 SEK/inh.
Disability services
7,725 SEK/inh.
Infrastructure, protection and related activities
4,486 SEK/inh.
Upper-secondary school
4,362 SEK/inh.
Cultural activities
2,260 SEK/inh.
Leisure activities
2,002 SEK/inh.
Political activities
497 SEK/inh.
Budget (plan)
No verified budget for Malmö 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 Malmö?
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: 365,644 people → 2025: 367,924 people
Municipal tax rate (%)2024: 21.2 % → 2025: 21.2 %(unchanged)
Median income, 20+2023: 320,400 SEK → 2024: 336,500 SEK
Openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%)2024: 5.5 % → 2025: 5.6 %
Malmö had 367,924 residents on 31 December 2025 (Statistics Sweden, BE0101N1). Since 2002 the population has grown by 102,443 people. The largest urban area Malmö had 339,316 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 Malmö, 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 Malmö
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
77.39 %
Seats
61
Valid votes
221,075
Blank votes
1,722
Result per party, municipal council election 2026
Party
Share
vs 2022
Votes
Seats
Social Democratic Party
29.40 %
–
65,002
19
Moderate Party
18.86 %
–
41,693
12
Left Party
17.37 %
–
38,397
11
Sweden Democrats
11.77 %
–
26,029
7
Green Party
8.52 %
–
18,834
5
Centre Party
4.08 %
–
9,016
3
MalMalmölistan
3.90 %
–
8,617
2
Liberals
3.11 %
–
6,877
2
Other parties (29)
2.99 %
–
6,610
–
Results by constituency (2)
Seats per constituency include allocated adjustment seats.
Malmö Östra74.34 % turnout · 29 seats
Malmö Östra
Party
Share
vs 2022
Votes
Seats
Social Democratic Party
32.77 %
–
35,638
10
Left Party
19.99 %
–
21,735
6
Moderate Party
15.47 %
–
16,821
5
Sweden Democrats
11.22 %
–
12,198
3
Green Party
7.80 %
–
8,486
2
MalMalmölistan
3.95 %
–
4,298
1
Centre Party
3.41 %
–
3,711
1
Liberals
2.64 %
–
2,871
1
Other parties (25)
2.75 %
–
2,996
–
Malmö Västra80.58 % turnout · 32 seats
Malmö Västra
Party
Share
vs 2022
Votes
Seats
Social Democratic Party
26.14 %
–
29,364
9
Moderate Party
22.14 %
–
24,872
7
Left Party
14.83 %
–
16,662
5
Sweden Democrats
12.31 %
–
13,831
4
Green Party
9.21 %
–
10,348
3
Centre Party
4.72 %
–
5,305
2
MalMalmölistan
3.85 %
–
4,319
1
Liberals
3.57 %
–
4,006
1
Other parties (27)
3.22 %
–
3,614
–
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 Malmö stad
Party
Share
vs 2022
Votes
Social Democratic Party
28.98 %
−0.6
61,724
Left Party
17.17 %
+4.7
36,572
Moderate Party
16.47 %
−1.4
35,076
Sweden Democrats
13.20 %
−3.2
28,110
Green Party
9.28 %
+1.8
19,754
Centre Party
5.86 %
+0.4
12,475
Liberals
4.61 %
+0.1
9,820
Christian Democrats
3.25 %
+0.3
6,927
ÖrPÖrebropartiet
0.29 %
–
624
Other parties (38)
0.88 %
–
1,883
Total valid votes
100 %
212,965
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, Malmö municipality had 367,924 residents according to Statistics Sweden (BefolkningCKM (000007ME)). Of these, 339,316 lived in the main urban area Malmö (2023).
›How has the population of Malmö changed?
Since 2002 the population has grown by 102,443 people (+38.6 %). Source: Statistics Sweden BE0101N1.
›Which county is Malmö in?
Malmö municipality is located in Skåne County (county code 12).
›What is the municipal tax rate in Malmö?
In 2026 the total local tax rate in Malmö is 32.42 % (municipality 21.24 % plus region 11.18 %). That is rank 65 of 290 municipalities from lowest to highest. Source: Statistics Sweden OE0101.
›How does Malmö use municipal funds?
Selected actual net costs in 2025 include Compulsory school, preschool class–year 9: 13,201 SEK per inhabitant; Preschool, school-age childcare and other educational activities: 11,040 SEK per inhabitant; Elderly care: 10,556 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 Malmö?
In Malmö, openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%) was 5.6 % (2025). The national figure is 3.1 %. Source: Arbetsförmedlingen via Kolada N03937. Observation SF.KOLADATS-ARBETSLOSHET-18-65.1280.2025.
›How are school results in Malmö?
In Malmö, year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes, municipality of location (%) was 83.3 % (2025). The national figure is 84.1 %. Source: Skolverket via Kolada N15424. Observation SF.KOLADATS-BEHORIGHET-GYMNASIUM.1280.2025.
›How much crime is reported in Malmö?
In Malmö, reported offences, total (per 100,000) was 16,183 /100k (2025). The national figure is 13,581 /100k. Source: Brå via Kolada N07540. Observation SF.KOLADATS-ANMALDA-BROTT-TOTALT.1280.2025.
›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: 49.5 % in 2025 (SCB BE0101Q2).
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SVERIGEFAKTA, “Malmö Municipality population 2025: 367,924 residents”. Original source: SCB, SCB, Kolada. https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/malmo
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SVERIGEFAKTA, “Malmö Municipality population 2025: 367,924 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/malmo
APA 7
Malmö Municipality population 2025: 367,924 residents. (n.d.). SVERIGEFAKTA. Retrieved 2026-10-20, from https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/malmo Original source: SCB, SCB, Kolada.
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“Malmö Municipality population 2025: 367,924 residents” (n.d.) SVERIGEFAKTA. Available at: https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/malmo (Accessed: 2026-10-20). Original source: SCB, SCB, Kolada.
BibTeX
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title = {Malmö Municipality population 2025: 367,924 residents},
howpublished = {\url{https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/malmo}},
note = {Presented by SVERIGEFAKTA; original source SCB, SCB, Kolada}
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