Reported offences per 100,000 residents · 2025 · municipality
All offences reported in the municipality in 2025 (2,027 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 Sölvesborg?
195
Violence in public places against adults, reported offences per 100,000 residents · 2025 · municipality
Shared rank 82 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 (%)
Sölvesborg11.1 %
Sweden15.1 %
Sölvesborg is below Sweden by 4.0 percentage points.
2025 · SCB via Kolada N07907 · rank 194 of 290
Reported violent offences (per 100,000)
Sölvesborg901.4 /100k
Sweden1,066.8 /100k
Sölvesborg is below Sweden by 165.4 /100k.
2025 · Brå via Kolada N07403 · rank 135 of 290
Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes, municipality of location (%)
Sölvesborg77.3 %
Sweden84.1 %
Sölvesborg is below Sweden by 6.8 percentage points.
2025 · Skolverket via Kolada N15424 · rank 214 of 282
Compare with nearby municipalities
Comparable values from the same period and definition. Sweden is the source’s official national figure.
Indicator
Sölvesborg
Bromölla
Karlshamn
Olofström
Karlskrona
Sweden
Openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%)2025 · Arbetsförmedlingen via Kolada N03937
2.5 %
3.7 %
2.8 %
3.0 %
2.1 %
3.1 %
Municipal tax rate (%)2025 · SCB via Kolada N00901
21.8 %
22.6 %
22.1 %
21.7 %
21.7 %
20.7 %
Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes, municipality of location (%)2025 · Skolverket via Kolada N15424
77.3 %
72.5 %
79.5 %
88.7 %
81.6 %
84.1 %
Overcrowding in apartment blocks (norm 2), share (%)2025 · SCB via Kolada N07907
Most similar to Sölvesborg 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
18,535 SEK/inh.
Compulsory school, preschool class–year 9
15,256 SEK/inh.
Disability services
9,951 SEK/inh.
Preschool, school-age childcare and other educational activities
8,478 SEK/inh.
Upper-secondary school
5,669 SEK/inh.
Infrastructure, protection and related activities
4,855 SEK/inh.
Individual and family care
4,180 SEK/inh.
Leisure activities
2,464 SEK/inh.
Cultural activities
1,336 SEK/inh.
Political activities
1,022 SEK/inh.
Budget (plan)
No verified budget for Sölvesborg 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 Sölvesborg?
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: 17,430 people → 2025: 17,405 people
Municipal tax rate (%)2024: 21.8 % → 2025: 21.8 %(unchanged)
Median income, 20+2023: 322,500 SEK → 2024: 334,800 SEK
Openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%)2024: 2.7 % → 2025: 2.5 %
Sölvesborg had 17,405 residents on 31 December 2025 (Statistics Sweden, BE0101N1). Since 2002 the population has grown by 1,054 people. The largest urban area Sölvesborg had 8,744 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 Sölvesborg, 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 Sölvesborg
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
83.77 %
Seats
49
Valid votes
11,682
Blank votes
293
Result per party, municipal council election 2026
Party
Share
vs 2022
Votes
Seats
Sweden Democrats
35.96 %
–
4,201
18
Social Democratic Party
28.48 %
–
3,327
14
Moderate Party
13.40 %
–
1,565
7
Christian Democrats
7.48 %
–
874
4
Left Party
4.93 %
–
576
2
SoLSoL-partiet Sölvesborg och Lister
3.36 %
–
392
2
Centre Party
3.29 %
–
384
2
Other parties (10)
3.11 %
–
363
–
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 Sölvesborgs kommun
Party
Share
vs 2022
Votes
Sweden Democrats
32.83 %
−2.6
3,879
Social Democratic Party
24.03 %
−2.7
2,840
Moderate Party
19.07 %
−0.1
2,254
Christian Democrats
7.57 %
+1.7
894
Liberals
5.17 %
+2.2
611
Centre Party
3.91 %
+0.2
462
Left Party
3.75 %
+0.5
443
Green Party
2.23 %
+0.4
263
ÖrPÖrebropartiet
0.49 %
–
58
Other parties (14)
0.96 %
–
113
Total valid votes
100 %
11,817
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, Sölvesborg Municipality had 17,405 residents according to Statistics Sweden (BefolkningCKM (000007ME)). Of these, 8,744 lived in the main urban area Sölvesborg (2023).
›How has the population of Sölvesborg changed?
Since 2002 the population has grown by 1,054 people (+6.4 %). Source: Statistics Sweden BE0101N1.
›Which county is Sölvesborg in?
Sölvesborg Municipality is located in Blekinge County (county code 10).
›What is the municipal tax rate in Sölvesborg?
In 2026 the total local tax rate in Sölvesborg is 33.86 % (municipality 21.82 % plus region 12.04 %). That is rank 188 of 290 municipalities from lowest to highest. Source: Statistics Sweden OE0101.
›How does Sölvesborg use municipal funds?
Selected actual net costs in 2025 include Elderly care: 18,535 SEK per inhabitant; Compulsory school, preschool class–year 9: 15,256 SEK per inhabitant; Disability services: 9,951 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 Sölvesborg?
In Sölvesborg, openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%) was 2.5 % (2025). The national figure is 3.1 %. Source: Arbetsförmedlingen via Kolada N03937. Observation SF.KOLADATS-ARBETSLOSHET-18-65.1083.2025.
›How are school results in Sölvesborg?
In Sölvesborg, year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes, municipality of location (%) was 77.3 % (2025). The national figure is 84.1 %. Source: Skolverket via Kolada N15424. Observation SF.KOLADATS-BEHORIGHET-GYMNASIUM.1083.2025.
›How much crime is reported in Sölvesborg?
In Sölvesborg, reported offences, total (per 100,000) was 11,638 /100k (2025). The national figure is 13,581 /100k. Source: Brå via Kolada N07540. Observation SF.KOLADATS-ANMALDA-BROTT-TOTALT.1083.2025.
›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: 14.7 % in 2025 (SCB BE0101Q2).
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Short source
SVERIGEFAKTA, “Sölvesborg Municipality population 2025: 17,405 residents”. Original source: SCB, SCB, Kolada. https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/solvesborg
Full reference
SVERIGEFAKTA, “Sölvesborg Municipality population 2025: 17,405 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/solvesborg
APA 7
Sölvesborg Municipality population 2025: 17,405 residents. (n.d.). SVERIGEFAKTA. Retrieved 2026-10-29, from https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/solvesborg Original source: SCB, SCB, Kolada.
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“Sölvesborg Municipality population 2025: 17,405 residents” (n.d.) SVERIGEFAKTA. Available at: https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/solvesborg (Accessed: 2026-10-29). Original source: SCB, SCB, Kolada.
BibTeX
@misc{sverigefakta_2026_en_municipality_solvesborg,
title = {Sölvesborg Municipality population 2025: 17,405 residents},
howpublished = {\url{https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/solvesborg}},
note = {Presented by SVERIGEFAKTA; original source SCB, SCB, Kolada}
}
