Certain groups (e.g., those of higher age, lower educational attainment,lower income, living alone, immigrants, etc.) have a greater risk of residential firemortality. Previous research has also shown that individuals belonging to high-riskgroups have generally lower levels of fire protection, and it has been suggested thatthis is due to a lower risk perception in this group. As such, this study investigateshow the perceived risk of being injured in a residential fire varies in the Swedish population. The results show that risk perception varies in the Swedish populationdepending upon sociodemographic factors. When the different sociodemographic factors are controlled against each other, women, individuals with a low educationallevel, individuals living in rural communities and individuals born outside of the Nordic countries consistently experience their risk to be higher. With the exception ofwomen, the results show that high-risk individuals have a high risk perception. Theseresults are important as they indicate that it is not a lack of risk awareness that is thereason why high-risk groups are less inclined to implement fire safety practices.