Crime rate (Spain)
Known criminal offences per 1,000 residents.
More on how it is measured
- Known offences (hechos conocidos): criminal offences recorded by the Policía Nacional, the Guardia Civil, the regional police forces and the local police forces that report to the Sistema Estadístico de Criminalidad, whether reported by the public or found by the police.
Tourist areas and city centres show high rates because offences against visitors and commuters count where they happen, while the denominator counts only residents. Spain only: the country, its comunidades autónomas and its provinces from 2016, and municipalities over 20,000 residents from 2023. Calendar-year totals from the fourth-quarter Balance de Criminalidad of the Ministry of the Interior.
Key facts
- Balearic Islands had the highest crime rate (Spain) of 19 regions in 2025, at 68.6 per 1,000 inhabitants, and Extremadura the lowest, at 34.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Ministerio del Interior and INE.
- Published for 499 places, with figures from 2016 to 2025.
Rankings
- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Provinces of Spain
- Municipalities of Spain
- Municipalities in Andalusia
- Municipalities in Catalonia
- Municipalities in Valencian Community
- Municipalities in Barcelona province
- Municipalities in Madrid province
- Municipalities in Community of Madrid
- Municipalities in Valencia province
- Municipalities in Canary Islands
EU regions (NUTS 2) by crime rate (Spain), 2025
How it is calculated
Invokely calculation: known criminal offences (Ministry of the Interior, Balance de Criminalidad, fourth quarter) divided by the official population on 1 January of the same year (INE, Padrón municipal), times 1,000. The ministry computes its own crime rate the same way.
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- Community of Madrid
- Valencian Community
- Galicia
- Castile and León
- Canary Islands
- Basque Country
- Castilla-La Mancha
- Region of Murcia
- Balearic Islands
- Cantabria
- Asturias
- Aragon
- Extremadura
- La Rioja
Provinces and counties
- Madrid province
- Barcelona province
- Valencia province
- Alicante province
- Seville province
- Málaga province
- Murcia province
- Cádiz province
- Balearic Islands province
- Las Palmas province
- Cáceres province
- Ciudad Real province
- Castellón province
- A Coruña province
- Córdoba province
- Girona province
Municipalities and cities
- Madrid
- Barcelona
- València
- Zaragoza
- Sevilla
- Málaga
- Murcia
- Palma
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Alacant/Alicante
- Puerto Real
- El Puerto de Santa María
- Sestao
- Getxo
- Santa Perpètua de Mogoda
- Torrelodones
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest crime rate (Spain)? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"recorded_offences_per_1000","level":"region","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=recorded_offences_per_1000&level=region&within=European%20Union%20(27)