Södra Sofielund, or Seved, informally, is a neighbourhood of

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

, situated in the Borough of

Södra Innerstaden Södra Innerstaden was a city district () in the central of Malmö Municipality, Sweden. On 1 July 2013, it was merged with Västra Innerstaden, forming Innerstaden. In 2012, Södra Innerstaden had a population of 34,671 of the municipality's 3 ...

Malmö Municipality Malmö Municipality (), or City of Malmö (''Malmö stad''), is a Swedish municipality in Skåne County, the southernmost of the counties of Sweden (and conterminous with the historical province (''landskap'') of Scania). The central city is ...

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. In 2015, the area was reported by daily newspaper

Sydsvenskan ''Sydsvenska Dagbladet Snällposten'', generally known simply as ''Sydsvenskan'' (, ), is a daily newspaper published in Scania in Sweden. History and profile ''Sydsvenskan'' was founded in 1870. In 1871 the paper merged with ''Snällposten'' ...

to be a socially deprived area where drugs were sold openly and heavy violence involving the use of hand grenades and assault rifles occurred. In the 2011–13 period, about 35% of the population originated outside the EU and the

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. In its December 2015 report, Police in Sweden placed the district in the most severe category of urban areas with high crime rates. However, NOA's biennial report for 2023 has lowered this classification to "Risk Area".

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Neighbourhoods of Malmö {{Skåne-geo-stub