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Provinces of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain)

Barcelona province had the highest intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain) of 52 provinces in 2017, at 49. Soria province had the lowest, at 0. The median was 3 and the figure for Spain was 307. Source: Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad).

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Highest49Barcelona province
Lowest0Soria province
Median352 provinces
Spain307History

Map of provinces, 2017

Álava province: 1 countAlbacete province: 2 countAlicante province: 10 countAlmería province: 5 countÁvila province: 1 countBadajoz province: 5 countBalearic Islands province: 4 countBarcelona province: 49 countBurgos province: 0 countCáceres province: 3 countCádiz province: 6 countCastellón province: 5 countCiudad Real province: 6 countCórdoba province: 2 countA Coruña province: 7 countCuenca province: 0 countGirona province: 5 countGranada province: 10 countGuadalajara province: 0 countGipuzkoa province: 1 countHuelva province: 0 countHuesca province: 3 countJaén province: 3 countLeón province: 2 countLleida province: 5 countLa Rioja province: 0 countLugo province: 0 countMadrid province: 39 countMálaga province: 9 countMurcia province: 14 countNavarre province: 7 countOurense province: 2 countAsturias province: 5 countPalencia province: 0 countLas Palmas province: 10 countPontevedra province: 4 countSalamanca province: 3 countSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 10 countCantabria province: 3 countSegovia province: 1 countSeville province: 14 countSoria province: 0 countTarragona province: 6 countTeruel province: 3 countToledo province: 4 countValencia province: 26 countValladolid province: 5 countBiscay province: 3 countZamora province: 1 countZaragoza province: 2 countCeuta province: 1 countMelilla province: 0 count
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count, 2017. Source: Ministerio del Interior, Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All provinces, 2017

Barcelona province: 49 countBarcelona province49Madrid province: 39 countMadrid province39Valencia province: 26 countValencia province26Murcia province: 14 countMurcia province14Seville province: 14 countSeville province14Alicante province: 10 countAlicante province10Granada province: 10 countGranada province10Las Palmas province: 10 countLas Palmas province10Santa Cruz de Tenerife province: 10 countSanta Cruz de Tenerife province10Málaga province: 9 countMálaga province9A Coruña province: 7 countA Coruña province7Navarre province: 7 countNavarre province7Cádiz province: 6 countCádiz province6Ciudad Real province: 6 countCiudad Real province6Tarragona province: 6 countTarragona province6Almería province: 5 countAlmería province5Asturias province: 5 countAsturias province5Badajoz province: 5 countBadajoz province5Castellón province: 5 countCastellón province5Girona province: 5 countGirona province5Lleida province: 5 countLleida province5Valladolid province: 5 countValladolid province5Balearic Islands province: 4 countBalearic Islands province4Pontevedra province: 4 countPontevedra province4Toledo province: 4 countToledo province4Biscay province: 3 countBiscay province3Cáceres province: 3 countCáceres province3Cantabria province: 3 countCantabria province3Huesca province: 3 countHuesca province3Jaén province: 3 countJaén province3Salamanca province: 3 countSalamanca province3Teruel province: 3 countTeruel province3Albacete province: 2 countAlbacete province2Córdoba province: 2 countCórdoba province2León province: 2 countLeón province2Ourense province: 2 countOurense province2Zaragoza province: 2 countZaragoza province2Álava province: 1 countÁlava province1Ávila province: 1 countÁvila province1Ceuta province: 1 countCeuta province1Gipuzkoa province: 1 countGipuzkoa province1Segovia province: 1 countSegovia province1Zamora province: 1 countZamora province1Burgos province: 0 countBurgos province0Cuenca province: 0 countCuenca province0Guadalajara province: 0 countGuadalajara province0Huelva province: 0 countHuelva province0La Rioja province: 0 countLa Rioja province0Lugo province: 0 countLugo province0Melilla province: 0 countMelilla province0Palencia province: 0 countPalencia province0Soria province: 0 countSoria province0Barcelona province: 49 countBarcelona province49Madrid province: 39 countMadrid province39Valencia province: 26 countValencia province26Murcia province: 14 countMurcia province14Seville province: 14 countSeville province14Alicante province: 10 countAlicante province10Granada province: 10 countGranada province10Las Palmas province: 10 countLas Palmas province10Santa Cruz de Tenerife province: 10 countSanta Cruz de Tenerife province10Málaga province: 9 countMálaga province9A Coruña province: 7 countA Coruña province7Navarre province: 7 countNavarre province7Cádiz province: 6 countCádiz province6Ciudad Real province: 6 countCiudad Real province6Tarragona province: 6 countTarragona province6Almería province: 5 countAlmería province5Asturias province: 5 countAsturias province5Badajoz province: 5 countBadajoz province5Castellón province: 5 countCastellón province5Girona province: 5 countGirona province5Lleida province: 5 countLleida province5Valladolid province: 5 countValladolid province5Balearic Islands province: 4 countBalearic Islands province4Pontevedra province: 4 countPontevedra province4Toledo province: 4 countToledo province4Biscay province: 3 countBiscay province3Cáceres province: 3 countCáceres province3Cantabria province: 3 countCantabria province3Huesca province: 3 countHuesca province3Jaén province: 3 countJaén province3Salamanca province: 3 countSalamanca province3Teruel province: 3 countTeruel province3Albacete province: 2 countAlbacete province2Córdoba province: 2 countCórdoba province2León province: 2 countLeón province2Ourense province: 2 countOurense province2Zaragoza province: 2 countZaragoza province2Álava province: 1 countÁlava province1Ávila province: 1 countÁvila province1Ceuta province: 1 countCeuta province1Gipuzkoa province: 1 countGipuzkoa province1Segovia province: 1 countSegovia province1Zamora province: 1 countZamora province1Burgos province: 0 countBurgos province0Cuenca province: 0 countCuenca province0Guadalajara province: 0 countGuadalajara province0Huelva province: 0 countHuelva province0La Rioja province: 0 countLa Rioja province0Lugo province: 0 countLugo province0Melilla province: 0 countMelilla province0Palencia province: 0 countPalencia province0Soria province: 0 countSoria province0
count. Source: Ministerio del Interior, Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankProvinces2017
count		Change on 2016
1Barcelona province49+8.9%
2Madrid province39+18.2%
3Valencia province26+100%
4Murcia province14+16.7%
4Seville province14-12.5%
6Alicante province10-37.5%
6Granada province10+42.9%
6Las Palmas province10-16.7%
6Santa Cruz de Tenerife province10+11.1%
10Málaga province9-52.6%
11A Coruña province7-12.5%
11Navarre province7+600%
13Cádiz province6-40%
13Ciudad Real province6+500%
13Tarragona province6+50%
16Almería province5-16.7%
16Asturias province5-16.7%
16Badajoz province5-16.7%
16Castellón province5+400%
16Girona province5+150%
16Lleida province5+66.7%
16Valladolid province5n/a
23Balearic Islands province4-55.6%
23Pontevedra province4+100%
23Toledo province4+33.3%
26Biscay province30%
26Cáceres province3+200%
26Cantabria province3n/a
26Huesca province3n/a
26Jaén province3+200%
26Salamanca province3-25%
26Teruel province3n/a
33Albacete province2+100%
33Córdoba province2+100%
33León province2-33.3%
33Ourense province2n/a
33Zaragoza province2-75%
38Álava province1-50%
38Ávila province10%
38Ceuta province1-75%
38Gipuzkoa province10%
38Segovia province1n/a
38Zamora province1n/a
44Burgos province0-100%
44Cuenca province0n/a
44Guadalajara province0-100%
44Huelva province0-100%
44La Rioja province0n/a
44Lugo province0-100%
44Melilla province0-100%
44Palencia province0n/a
44Soria province0n/a

Other periods

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 provinces are compared on one definition. 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.

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APA 7

Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad). (2025). Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados (Provinces of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain), 2017) [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, Provinces of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain), 2017. 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-provinces?period=2017. 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. Provinces of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain), 2017. 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-provinces?period=2017.

Harvard

Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad) (2025) Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados, Provinces of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/homicides-murders-spain/spain-provinces?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which province has the highest intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain)?

Barcelona province, with 49 in 2017, according to Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad).

Which province has the lowest intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain)?

Soria province, with 0 in 2017.

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.

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