This study combines police records with newspaper articles (media archives) toreport the nature and trends of environmental and wildlife crime (EWC) in Swedenfrom 2000 to 2017. Geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial statisticaltechniques are used to implement a temporal and spatial analysis of EWC in Swedishmunicipalities, which are split into three types: urban, accessible rural, and remoterural. Findings show that following the 2006 legal reform that increased possibilitiesfor prosecuting EWC, the number of both police-recorded cases and newspaperarticles increased and eventually stabilized. They also show that although themajority of EWCs are minor crimes, particularly in urban municipalities, many of themore serious crimes show chronic temporal and spatial patterns in more rural andremote areas. The persistence of certain serious crimes over time is interpretedas an indication that the costs of breaking environmental law are low relative toeconomic gains. Then, drawing from criminological theory, the article finishes bydiscussing implications to research and policy