Baltics and Finland have the most murders in the EU

TT

Published 12.18

 

Candles lit for the victims of a shooting at a school in Vantaa, Finland, in 2024. Archive photo. Photo: Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/AP/TT

The most murders in the EU per million inhabitants occur in the Baltic countries and Finland, according to statistics from Eurostat.

The number of “intentional homicides” in the EU amounted to 3,953 in 2024. This is 8.8 per million inhabitants and a decrease of eleven percent compared to 2014.

The highest number of cases occurred in France with 882. In proportion to the population, the Baltic countries still stand out with 18 (Estonia), 24 (Latvia) and 26 (Lithuania) cases of fatal violence per million inhabitants and year in 2024. Finland was also high with 17 deaths per million – a total of 100 – followed by 14 in Belgium and 13 in France.

Sweden landed almost exactly at the EU average with 8.7 cases of fatal violence per million inhabitants in 2024 – a total of 92.