Gottsunda

In the period leading up to 2009, there were a continuous increase in the number of crimes reported to police. After an arrest rioters started throwing rocks at police and setting fire to cars and car tires. The police started a collaboration with the school and social services in the area,^[3] and during the following three years, the number of crimes decreased by 33%.^[2]

In the latter half of the 2010s, there were several incidents involving shootings and cars being set on fire^[4][5][6] and in its 2017 report, the Swedish Police Authority placed the district in the most severe category of urban areas with high crime rates.^[7] Regional chief of police Carin Götblad stated that the classification was due to having a number of criminal gangs, many illegal weapons in circulation and families where a criminal lifestyle is inherited from generation to generation.^[8]

In 2017, police registered 2,800 incident reports in the district, which was an increase of 17% on the previous year. An incident is defined as anything from a violent crime to vandalism such as a broken window.^[9]

• Gottsunda parish

59°48′35″N 17°37′40″E / 59.80972°N 17.62778°E / 59.80972; 17.62778