National Database on Crime Statistics
Kriminalstatistikdatabasen
Data available on
Perpetrator
Background information
- Age
- Sex
- Nationality
- ID
- Name
- Ethnicity
- Marital status
- Dependants
Swedish ID number, including age, gender and whether born in or outside Sweden. Registered residence
Relationship with victim
This means that it is recorded whether there exists a previous relationship between victim and offender (e.g. family, intimate partner) or not (stranger).
Re-offending
Witness
Background information
No information collected on Background information
Relationship with victim/perpetrator
Incident description by witness
Children witnessing IPV incident
Incident
Code system used
- Criminal justice
- Police
Criminal justice system and police use the same codes: Intimate partner violence: "9349";"9353";"0412"; Sexual assault: "0613";"0607";"0638"; Rape: "0648";"0649";"0660";"0661"
Description of incident
No information collected on Description of incident
Protection order
Civil justice data
Incident respond resources
No information collected on Incident respond resources
Prosecution process
Stages of prosecution process
- Withdrawals of complaints
- Withdrawals of prosecution support
- N. of cases reported for each incident
- N. of cases initiated for each type of incident
- N. of cases referred to court
- Types of offense(s)
Defendant pleas/verdicts
- Guilty pleas
- Guilty verdicts
Average time case through criminal justice system
Outcomes
Perpetrator
N. of cases resulting in arrest
Charged with more than one offense
Probation
Bail/remand
Remand (bail system does not exist).
Prisons
Time of prison, what prison, possibly special measures.
Victim
Death as result of incident
Characteristics
Storage System
- In paper form
- Electronically (single files)
- Electronically (database)
Frequency of updating
Monthly (preliminary statistics on reported crimes). Annually (definitive statistics).
Quality assurance process
Control over data collection process in cooperation with delivering authorities, as well as data quality check-ups when data is delivered.
Comparability
- Geographical
- Over time
- None
Timeliness
1 month - 1 year
Database is definitively updated annually There are monthly/half yearly updates for some data (reported crimes), allowing for preliminary data to be published regularly.
Current developments
No information available
Relation with third parties
Reporter
- Victim
- Witness
- Offender
Police, Prosecution, Courts, Prison and Probation Services. Also draws on survey data.
Also produces their own statistics from the data.