Reported offences per 100,000 residents · 2025 · municipality
All offences reported in the municipality in 2025 (22,777 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 Västerås?
214
Violence in public places against adults, reported offences per 100,000 residents · 2025 · municipality
Shared rank 59 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.
No defensible deviations meet the stated threshold.
Compare with nearby municipalities
Comparable values from the same period and definition. Sweden is the source’s official national figure.
Indicator
Västerås
Hallstahammar
Sala
Surahammar
Fagersta
Sweden
Openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%)2025 · Arbetsförmedlingen via Kolada N03937
3.5 %
2.8 %
2.9 %
2.8 %
3.4 %
3.1 %
Municipal tax rate (%)2025 · SCB via Kolada N00901
20.4 %
21.8 %
22.3 %
22.3 %
22.1 %
20.7 %
Year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes, municipality of location (%)2025 · Skolverket via Kolada N15424
82.7 %
78.5 %
82.6 %
93.1 %
74.9 %
84.1 %
Overcrowding in apartment blocks (norm 2), share (%)2025 · SCB via Kolada N07907
Most similar to Västerås 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
14,502 SEK/inh.
Elderly care
11,943 SEK/inh.
Preschool, school-age childcare and other educational activities
9,703 SEK/inh.
Disability services
7,234 SEK/inh.
Individual and family care
6,347 SEK/inh.
Upper-secondary school
4,870 SEK/inh.
Infrastructure, protection and related activities
3,800 SEK/inh.
Leisure activities
2,028 SEK/inh.
Cultural activities
1,578 SEK/inh.
Political activities
607 SEK/inh.
Budget (plan)
No verified budget for Västerås 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.
Supplier invoices over SEK 100,000
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What has changed in Västerås?
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: 160,634 people → 2025: 161,240 people
Municipal tax rate (%)2024: 20.4 % → 2025: 20.4 %(unchanged)
Median income, 20+2023: 346,100 SEK → 2024: 360,600 SEK
Openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%)2024: 3.0 % → 2025: 3.5 %
Västerås had 161,240 residents on 31 December 2025 (Statistics Sweden, BE0101N1). Since 2002 the population has grown by 32,338 people. The largest urban area Västerås had 131,643 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 Västerås, 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 Västerås
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
81.37 %
Seats
61
Valid votes
101,751
Blank votes
1,232
Result per party, municipal council election 2026
Party
Share
vs 2022
Votes
Seats
Social Democratic Party
30.20 %
–
30,728
19
Moderate Party
23.70 %
–
24,112
15
Sweden Democrats
13.42 %
–
13,660
8
Left Party
9.74 %
–
9,907
6
Liberals
8.22 %
–
8,368
5
Christian Democrats
5.37 %
–
5,463
3
Centre Party
5.13 %
–
5,220
3
Green Party
3.59 %
–
3,652
2
Other parties (21)
0.63 %
–
641
–
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 Västerås stad
Party
Share
vs 2022
Votes
Social Democratic Party
30.15 %
−0.8
30,405
Moderate Party
21.54 %
−0.6
21,725
Sweden Democrats
17.09 %
−2.8
17,233
Left Party
8.64 %
+2.3
8,709
Centre Party
5.78 %
±0.0
5,827
Liberals
5.59 %
+0.5
5,632
Christian Democrats
5.45 %
+0.7
5,499
Green Party
4.18 %
+0.5
4,215
ÖrPÖrebropartiet
0.67 %
–
680
Other parties (28)
0.91 %
–
913
Total valid votes
100 %
100,838
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, Västerås municipality had 161,240 residents according to Statistics Sweden (BefolkningCKM (000007ME)). Of these, 131,643 lived in the main urban area Västerås (2023).
›How has the population of Västerås changed?
Since 2002 the population has grown by 32,338 people (+25.1 %). Source: Statistics Sweden BE0101N1.
›Which county is Västerås in?
Västerås municipality is located in Västmanland County (county code 19).
›What is the municipal tax rate in Västerås?
In 2026 the total local tax rate in Västerås is 31.24 % (municipality 20.36 % plus region 10.88 %). That is rank 16 of 290 municipalities from lowest to highest. Source: Statistics Sweden OE0101.
›How does Västerås use municipal funds?
Selected actual net costs in 2025 include Compulsory school, preschool class–year 9: 14,502 SEK per inhabitant; Elderly care: 11,943 SEK per inhabitant; Preschool, school-age childcare and other educational activities: 9,703 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 Västerås?
In Västerås, openly unemployed 18–65, share of population (%) was 3.5 % (2025). The national figure is 3.1 %. Source: Arbetsförmedlingen via Kolada N03937. Observation SF.KOLADATS-ARBETSLOSHET-18-65.1980.2025.
›How are school results in Västerås?
In Västerås, year 9 pupils eligible for vocational upper secondary programmes, municipality of location (%) was 82.7 % (2025). The national figure is 84.1 %. Source: Skolverket via Kolada N15424. Observation SF.KOLADATS-BEHORIGHET-GYMNASIUM.1980.2025.
›How much crime is reported in Västerås?
In Västerås, reported offences, total (per 100,000) was 14,153 /100k (2025). The national figure is 13,581 /100k. Source: Brå via Kolada N07540. Observation SF.KOLADATS-ANMALDA-BROTT-TOTALT.1980.2025.
›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: 34.7 % in 2025 (SCB BE0101Q2).
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Short source
SVERIGEFAKTA, “Västerås Municipality population 2025: 161,240 residents”. Original source: SCB, SCB, Kolada. https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/vasteras
Full reference
SVERIGEFAKTA, “Västerås Municipality population 2025: 161,240 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/vasteras
APA 7
Västerås Municipality population 2025: 161,240 residents. (n.d.). SVERIGEFAKTA. Retrieved 2026-10-20, from https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/vasteras Original source: SCB, SCB, Kolada.
Harvard
“Västerås Municipality population 2025: 161,240 residents” (n.d.) SVERIGEFAKTA. Available at: https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/vasteras (Accessed: 2026-10-20). Original source: SCB, SCB, Kolada.
BibTeX
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title = {Västerås Municipality population 2025: 161,240 residents},
howpublished = {\url{https://sverigefakta.com/en/municipality/vasteras}},
note = {Presented by SVERIGEFAKTA; original source SCB, SCB, Kolada}
}
