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Thefts (Spain) in Spain

Thefts (Spain) in Spain was 633,888 in 2025, according to Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad). That is down 2.3% from 2024.

2025, count633,888 Provisional
Change on 2024-2.3%
Series high712,3982017
Series low420,9502020

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Thefts (Spain) in Spain, 2016 to 2025

400K500K600K700K800K201620182020202220252016: 711,507 count2017: 712,398 count2018: 706,072 count2019: 700,453 count2020: 420,950 count2021: 493,479 count2022: 642,276 count2023: 665,622 count2024: 648,963 count2025: 633,888 count400K500K600K700K800K2016202020252016: 711,507 count2017: 712,398 count2018: 706,072 count2019: 700,453 count2020: 420,950 count2021: 493,479 count2022: 642,276 count2023: 665,622 count2024: 648,963 count2025: 633,888 count
count. Source: Ministerio del Interior, Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: hurtos. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-03.
All 10 values
Periodcount
2025633,888 Provisional
2024648,963
2023665,622
2022642,276
2021493,479
2020420,950
2019700,453
2018706,072
2017712,398
2016711,507

Revision history

The 2024 figure was revised once after Invokely first recorded it, from 649,076 to 648,963.

Periods with a revised value or a changed status, newest first. Values in count; dates are when Invokely recorded each version (UTC).
PeriodFirst recordedLatestRevisionsStatus changesFirst recorded onLast revised on
2024649,076648,96310
2023663,370665,62210
2022642,579642,27610
2021493,479493,47901
2020421,248420,95010
2019700,477700,45310
All 8 periods with changes
Periods with a revised value or a changed status, newest first. Values in count; dates are when Invokely recorded each version (UTC).
PeriodFirst recordedLatestRevisionsStatus changesFirst recorded onLast revised on
2024649,076648,96310
2023663,370665,62210
2022642,579642,27610
2021493,479493,47901
2020421,248420,95010
2019700,477700,45310
2018705,249706,07210
2017712,398712,39801

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Definition

Thefts without force or violence (hurtos) known to the police during the year, including pickpocketing.

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.

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.

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Origen de los datos: Portal Estadístico de Criminalidad, Ministerio del Interior. Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: hurtos. https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad). (2026). Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: hurtos (Thefts (Spain), Spain, 2016 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html

MLA 9

Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: hurtos, Thefts (Spain), Spain, 2016 to 2025. Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad), 3 May 2026, https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/thefts-spain/spain. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad). 2026. Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: hurtos. Thefts (Spain), Spain, 2016 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/thefts-spain/spain.

Harvard

Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad) (2026) Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: hurtos, Thefts (Spain), Spain, 2016 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/thefts-spain/spain (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{ministerio_thefts_spain_spain_2025,
  author = {{Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad)}},
  title = {{Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: hurtos: Thefts (Spain), Spain, 2016 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/thefts-spain/spain. Publisher attribution: Origen de los datos: Portal Estadístico de Criminalidad, Ministerio del Interior. Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: hurtos. https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the thefts (Spain) in Spain?

Thefts (Spain) in Spain was 633,888 in 2025, according to Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad). That is down 2.3% from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad). Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: hurtos. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest thefts (Spain) in Spain?

712,398 in 2017, the highest value since 2016 in this series.

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