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full screen The percentage of serious crimes that are solved has not increased in recent years, according to a Brå evaluation. Picture from the police operation after a shooting at Hisingen in Gothenburg in October. Photo: Adam Ihse/TT
The percentage of serious crimes that are solved has not increased, despite the fact that the police have received greatly increased funding and increased staffing.
Funding for the authority has increased by 80 percent since 2017, and the number of employees in the police’s investigation teams for serious crimes has increased by roughly 30 percent between 2018 and 2023.
Nevertheless, the percentage of solved crimes remains at 19 percent throughout the period, shows an evaluation from the Crime Prevention Council (Brå). According to Brå, the development can partly be explained by the fact that serious crimes have become significantly more numerous and more complicated to investigate.
“Staff growth has taken place too late in relation to the development of crime and it has become more difficult to find staff with the right skills. The situation is particularly serious in the Stockholm police region, which had a significantly lower growth than other regions,” says Kristin Franke Björkman, investigator at Brå, according to a press release.
On the other hand, the clearance of serious crimes linked to organized crime, such as explosions and shootings, has increased from 27 to 30 percent during the period.