Södra Sofielund, or Seved, informally, is a neighbourhood of Malmö, situated in the Borough of Södra Innerstaden, Malmö Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. In 2015, the area was reported by daily newspaper Sydsvenskan to be a socially deprived area where drugs were sold openly and heavy violence involving the use of hand grenades and assault rifles occurred.[2]
Södra Sofielund | |
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Neighbourhood | |
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| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Skåne |
| County | Skåne County |
| Municipality | Malmö Municipality |
| Borough of Malmö | Södra Innerstaden |
| Population (1 January 2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,478 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
In the 2011–13 period, about 35% of the population originated outside the EU and the Nordic countries.[3]
In its December 2015 report, Police in Sweden placed the district in the most severe category of urban areas with high crime rates.[4] However, NOA's biennial report for 2023 has lowered this classifcation to "Risk Area".[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Befolkning i stadsdelar och delområden" (in Swedish). Malmö stad. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Sevedsgator övervakas dygnet runt". Sydsvenskan. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Statistics Sweden, Integration – focus on 15 municipal districts (PDF) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2015. ISBN 9789161816323. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
Diagram 1.10
- ^ Utsatta områden – sociala risker, kollektiv förmåga och oönskade händelser (PDF). Police in Sweden – Nationella Operativa Avdelningen – December 2015. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2016.
- ^ stad, Malmö. "Startsida Malmö stad". malmo.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Utsatta områden | Polismyndigheten". polisen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 November 2024.
55°35′2.48″N 13°0′48.83″E / 55.5840222°N 13.0135639°E
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