There were 4,788 reported cases of hate crime by the Swedish Police Authority in 2022. 2,695 of these cases have been confirmed and identified as a hate crime by The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention. In the report, 2,834 underlying hate crime motives could be detected.Â
The remaining percentage, unaccounted for in the statistic, was classified as unspecified hate crime.
In 2022, more than half of the identified hate crimes were motivated by xenophobia and racism, ** percent of these were Afrophobic. Out of the hate crimes, ** percent were directed towards different religious groups, with Islamophobia representing percent of these incidents. Hate crimes against LGBTQIA+ individuals accounted for ** percent of the reported incidents.
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The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention . (December 11, 2023). Share of hate crimes in Sweden in 2022, by bias motivation [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 25, 2026, from /statistics/1462760/sweden-hate-crime-by-bias-motivation/
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