How the area rating works
The area rating is a combined picture of an area's economy, area type, school results and incident density — built on public statistics, never on opinion. It's meant to give you a quick, honest starting point when assessing an area you don't already know.
The scale
- A — the area is among the strongest 20% in Sweden.
- B — the area is among the strongest 50% in Sweden.
- C — the area is roughly at the Swedish average.
Areas below average get no combined rating — we only show neutral facts. A missing rating is therefore not a verdict, it's a deliberate limit we've set: SökHem should never put a number on an area being "bad".
How the rating is weighted
Four sub-measures, weighted by how much they affect what it's like to live in an area:
- Economy (income, employment, education) — 40%
- Area type (Boverket's classification) — 25%
- School results (merit value) — 20%
- Incident density (police statistics) — 15%
Sources
- SCB
SCB (Statistics Sweden) — income, employment, education and population per RegSO.
- Boverket
Boverket (National Board of Housing) — area-type classification.
- Skolverket
Skolverket (National Agency for Education) — school merit values.
- Polisen
Polisen (Swedish Police) — incident density per municipality/RegSO.
Update frequency
SCB, Boverket and Skolverket data update annually as each agency publishes new statistics. Police incident data updates monthly.