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Municipalities in Catalonia by crime rate (Spain)

El Prat de Llobregat had the highest crime rate (Spain) of 69 municipalities in 2023, at 153.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. Olesa de Montserrat had the lowest, at 18.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 51.3 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Catalonia was 64.5 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Ministerio del Interior and INE.

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Highest153.9El Prat de Llobregat
Lowest18.9Olesa de Montserrat
Median51.369 municipalities
Catalonia64.5History

Top 40 municipalities, 2023

El Prat de Llobregat: 153.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsEl Prat de Llobregat153.9Barcelona: 112.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsBarcelona112.1Salou: 105.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsSalou105.7Sitges: 105.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsSitges105.2Sant Adrià de Besòs: 98.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsSant Adrià de Besòs98.6Roses: 86.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsRoses86.4El Vendrell: 80.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsEl Vendrell80.6Figueres: 78.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsFigueres78.5L'Hospitalet de Llobregat: 73.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsL'Hospitalet de Llobregat73.5Montcada i Reixac: 73.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsMontcada i Reixac73.1Lloret de Mar: 72.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsLloret de Mar72.1Vila-seca: 70.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsVila-seca70.8Girona: 69.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsGirona69.3Mataró: 68.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsMataró68.5Tarragona: 67.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsTarragona67.9Esplugues de Llobregat: 67.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsEsplugues de Llobregat67.3Vilanova i la Geltrú: 65.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsVilanova i la Geltrú65.7Salt: 65.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsSalt65.7Vilafranca del Penedès: 65.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsVilafranca del Penedès65.2Lleida: 64.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsLleida64.9Badalona: 62.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsBadalona62.7Cornellà de Llobregat: 61.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsCornellà de Llobregat61.2Amposta: 60.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsAmposta60.3Manresa: 58.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsManresa58.7Valls: 58.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsValls58.4Tortosa: 58.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsTortosa58.3Blanes: 57.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsBlanes57.5Palafrugell: 54.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsPalafrugell54.9Reus: 53.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsReus53.1Martorell: 52.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsMartorell52.9Sant Feliu de Guíxols: 52.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsSant Feliu de Guíxols52.2Pineda de Mar: 52.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsPineda de Mar52.2Santa Perpètua de Mogoda: 51.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsSanta Perpètua de Mogoda51.8Banyoles: 51.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsBanyoles51.4Gavà: 51.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsGavà51.3Barberà del Vallès: 51 per 1,000 inhabitantsBarberà del Vallès51Granollers: 51 per 1,000 inhabitantsGranollers51Sant Boi de Llobregat: 50.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsSant Boi de Llobregat50.7Viladecans: 50.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsViladecans50.6Castelldefels: 50 per 1,000 inhabitantsCastelldefels50El Prat de Llobregat: 153.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsEl Prat de Llobregat153.9Barcelona: 112.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsBarcelona112.1Salou: 105.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsSalou105.7Sitges: 105.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsSitges105.2Sant Adrià de Besòs: 98.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsSant Adrià de Besòs98.6Roses: 86.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsRoses86.4El Vendrell: 80.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsEl Vendrell80.6Figueres: 78.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsFigueres78.5L'Hospitalet de Llobregat: 73.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsL'Hospitalet de Llobregat73.5Montcada i Reixac: 73.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsMontcada i Reixac73.1Lloret de Mar: 72.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsLloret de Mar72.1Vila-seca: 70.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsVila-seca70.8Girona: 69.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsGirona69.3Mataró: 68.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsMataró68.5Tarragona: 67.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsTarragona67.9Esplugues de Llobregat: 67.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsEsplugues de Llobregat67.3Vilanova i la Geltrú: 65.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsVilanova i la Geltrú65.7Salt: 65.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsSalt65.7Vilafranca del Penedès: 65.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsVilafranca del Penedès65.2Lleida: 64.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsLleida64.9Badalona: 62.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsBadalona62.7Cornellà de Llobregat: 61.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsCornellà de Llobregat61.2Amposta: 60.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsAmposta60.3Manresa: 58.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsManresa58.7Valls: 58.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsValls58.4Tortosa: 58.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsTortosa58.3Blanes: 57.5 per 1,000 inhabitantsBlanes57.5Palafrugell: 54.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsPalafrugell54.9Reus: 53.1 per 1,000 inhabitantsReus53.1Martorell: 52.9 per 1,000 inhabitantsMartorell52.9Sant Feliu de Guíxols: 52.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsSant Feliu de Guíxols52.2Pineda de Mar: 52.2 per 1,000 inhabitantsPineda de Mar52.2Santa Perpètua de Mogoda: 51.8 per 1,000 inhabitantsSanta Perpètua de Mogoda51.8Banyoles: 51.4 per 1,000 inhabitantsBanyoles51.4Gavà: 51.3 per 1,000 inhabitantsGavà51.3Barberà del Vallès: 51 per 1,000 inhabitantsBarberà del Vallès51Granollers: 51 per 1,000 inhabitantsGranollers51Sant Boi de Llobregat: 50.7 per 1,000 inhabitantsSant Boi de Llobregat50.7Viladecans: 50.6 per 1,000 inhabitantsViladecans50.6Castelldefels: 50 per 1,000 inhabitantsCastelldefels50
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Invokely calculation with data from Ministerio del Interior, INE. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankMunicipalities2023
per 1,000 inhabitants
1El Prat de Llobregat153.9
2Barcelona112.1
3Salou105.7
4Sitges105.2
5Sant Adrià de Besòs98.6
6Roses86.4
7El Vendrell80.6
8Figueres78.5
9L'Hospitalet de Llobregat73.5
10Montcada i Reixac73.1
11Lloret de Mar72.1
12Vila-seca70.8
13Girona69.3
14Mataró68.5
15Tarragona67.9
16Esplugues de Llobregat67.3
17Vilanova i la Geltrú65.7
18Salt65.7
19Vilafranca del Penedès65.2
20Lleida64.9
21Badalona62.7
22Cornellà de Llobregat61.2
23Amposta60.3
24Manresa58.7
25Valls58.4
26Tortosa58.3
27Blanes57.5
28Palafrugell54.9
29Reus53.1
30Martorell52.9
31Sant Feliu de Guíxols52.2
32Pineda de Mar52.2
33Santa Perpètua de Mogoda51.8
34Banyoles51.4
35Gavà51.3
36Barberà del Vallès51
37Granollers51
38Sant Boi de Llobregat50.7
39Viladecans50.6
40Castelldefels50
41Igualada49.1
42Vic49.1
43Rubí48.3
44Sant Cugat del Vallès47.9
45Sant Vicenç dels Horts47.3
46Mollet del Vallès47.2
47Sabadell46.1
48Premià de Mar46
49Cambrils45.2
50Terrassa45.1
51Santa Coloma de Gramenet44.4
52Olot41.6
53Calafell40.8
54Molins de Rei39.7
55Sant Feliu de Llobregat38.7
56Ripollet38.7
57Sant Joan Despí38.5
58Cerdanyola del Vallès36.4
59Les Franqueses del Vallès35.1
60Sant Just Desvern33.5
61El Masnou32.8
62Sant Pere de Ribes32.6
63Vilassar de Mar32.2
64Sant Quirze del Vallès30.1
65Esparreguera22.5
66Sant Andreu de la Barca22.3
67Manlleu20.3
68Castellar del Vallès19.8
69Olesa de Montserrat18.9

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the municipalities are compared on one definition. 1 municipalities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Which municipality has the highest crime rate (Spain)?

El Prat de Llobregat, with 153.9 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023, according to Ministerio del Interior and INE.

Which municipality has the lowest crime rate (Spain)?

Olesa de Montserrat, with 18.9 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023.

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