Municipalities of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain)
Madrid had the highest intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain) of 422 municipalities in 2023, at 20. Zarautz had the lowest, at 0. The median was 0 and the figure for Spain was 333. Source: Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad).
Top 40 municipalities, 2023
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About this ranking
Completed intentional homicides and murders known to the police during the year; attempts are excluded.
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.
Small numbers: most municipalities record none or one in a year, so year-on-year changes are noisy. For rates comparable across countries use homicide_rate. 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.
How to cite
Origen de los datos: Portal Estadístico de Criminalidad, Ministerio del Interior. Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados. https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad). (2025). Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados (Municipalities of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain), 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html
MLA 9
Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados, Municipalities of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain), 2023. Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad), 28 May 2025, https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/homicides-murders-spain/spain-municipalities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad). 2025. Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados. Municipalities of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain), 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/homicides-murders-spain/spain-municipalities?period=2023.
Harvard
Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad) (2025) Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados, Municipalities of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain), 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/homicides-murders-spain/spain-municipalities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which municipality has the highest intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain)?
Madrid, with 20 in 2023, according to Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad).
Which municipality has the lowest intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain)?
Zarautz, with 0 in 2023.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad), Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 5 municipalities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.
Intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain): other rankings
- Municipalities in Castilla-La Mancha
- Municipalities in Castellón province
- Municipalities in Asturias
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Provinces of Spain