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Neighborhoods in Uppsala
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- Centrumpart of CentrumHistoric center · Pedestrianised shopping streets · Lively by day85/10050,000 to 62,000 kr / m²
- Luthagenpart of LuthagenLeafy and established · Calm and well-kept · Next to the university76/10055,000 to 70,000 kr / m²
- Kåbopart of KåboQuiet and leafy · Grand old villas · Green, central and expensive73/100Villas typically 12 to 20 million kr, well above the Uppsala villa average of about 41,600 kr / m². Bostadsrätter are scarce, roughly 48,000 to 63,000 kr / m² where they trade.
- Kungsängenpart of KungsängenFormer industry, now new-build · Riverside regeneration zone · Modern flats by the station75/10043,000 to 72,000 kr / m²
- Svartbäckenpart of SvartbäckenOlder inner streets · Everyday and unpretentious · Walkable and central77/100roughly 32,000 to 43,000 kr / m²
- Sala backepart of Sala backePlanned post-war district · Green courtyards and lawns · Quiet and residential72/100roughly 25,000 to 41,000 kr / m²
- Eriksbergpart of EriksbergGreen and leafy · Quiet · Mid-century blocks in the forest68/10035,000 to 48,000 kr / m²
- Gamla Uppsalapart of Gamla UppsalaHistoric and green · Quiet · Royal burial mounds on the doorstep65/100roughly 30,000 to 40,000 kr / m² for flats
Safety and crime in Uppsala
Uppsala is, by international standards, a safe city. Everyday crime is dominated by theft rather than violence, most of it low-level and concentrated around the centre and the nightlife near the university. The figures below are for the whole city; they are not broken down by neighborhood, because a single citywide number repeated on every area page would mislead.
- Reported offences per 10,000 residents1,115Brå (Brottsförebyggande rådet), 2024
- Reported violent crime per 10,000 residents88Brå (Brottsförebyggande rådet), 2024
The useful distinction is between types. Pickpocketing and bike theft are the common, low-level problems, concentrated around the central squares, the station and the student nightlife. Serious violent crime is rare across the central and residential districts where these neighborhoods sit, and it is not spread evenly across the city.
One thing to keep in mind when comparing countries: Sweden has high trust in the police, so more crime gets reported and recorded here than in places where people do not bother to report. That makes Nordic figures look worse than they are next to some of southern Europe.
Sweden's national crime statistics come from Brå, the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention. We do not use police 'vulnerable area' lists, which blend crime with social and demographic data.