Municipalities of Spain by crime rate (Spain)
El Prat de Llobregat had the highest crime rate (Spain) of 422 municipalities in 2023, at 153.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. Icod de los Vinos had the lowest, at 18.6 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 46.3 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for Spain was 51.3 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Ministerio del Interior and INE.
Top 40 municipalities, 2023
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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. 5 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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Invokely calculation from Infracciones penales conocidas (Balance de Criminalidad, Ministerio del Interior) por 1.000 habitantes (Padrón, INE). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#recorded_offences_per_1000. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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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)?
Icod de los Vinos, with 18.6 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Invokely, Infracciones penales conocidas (Balance de Criminalidad, Ministerio del Interior) por 1.000 habitantes (Padrón, INE). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 5 municipalities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.
Crime rate (Spain): other rankings
- Municipalities in Cantabria province
- Municipalities in Tarragona province
- Municipalities in Region of Murcia
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Provinces of Spain
- EU regions (NUTS 2)