Data / Rankings / Intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain) / Provinces of Spain

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

Madrid province had the highest intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain) of 52 provinces in 2022, at 46. Zamora province had the lowest, at 0. The median was 3 and the figure for Spain was 326. Source: Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad).

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest46Madrid province
Lowest0Zamora province
Median352 provinces
Spain326History

Map of provinces, 2022

Álava province: 0 countAlbacete province: 2 countAlicante province: 12 countAlmería province: 9 countÁvila province: 1 countBadajoz province: 1 countBalearic Islands province: 3 countBarcelona province: 36 countBurgos province: 2 countCáceres province: 2 countCádiz province: 10 countCastellón province: 3 countCiudad Real province: 5 countCórdoba province: 3 countA Coruña province: 1 countCuenca province: 2 countGirona province: 10 countGranada province: 14 countGuadalajara province: 3 countGipuzkoa province: 3 countHuelva province: 3 countHuesca province: 0 countJaén province: 6 countLeón province: 2 countLleida province: 7 countLa Rioja province: 1 countLugo province: 1 countMadrid province: 46 countMálaga province: 17 countMurcia province: 8 countNavarre province: 3 countOurense province: 0 countAsturias province: 6 countPalencia province: 1 countLas Palmas province: 7 countPontevedra province: 5 countSalamanca province: 0 countSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 6 countCantabria province: 1 countSegovia province: 0 countSeville province: 12 countSoria province: 2 countTarragona province: 10 countTeruel province: 1 countToledo province: 7 countValencia province: 23 countValladolid province: 8 countBiscay province: 5 countZamora province: 0 countZaragoza province: 9 countCeuta province: 4 countMelilla province: 2 count
  • Under 1
  • 1 to 2
  • 2 to 3
  • 3 to 6
  • 6 to 10
  • 10 and over
count, 2022. Source: Ministerio del Interior, Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All provinces, 2022

Madrid province: 46 countMadrid province46Barcelona province: 36 countBarcelona province36Valencia province: 23 countValencia province23Málaga province: 17 countMálaga province17Granada province: 14 countGranada province14Alicante province: 12 countAlicante province12Seville province: 12 countSeville province12Cádiz province: 10 countCádiz province10Girona province: 10 countGirona province10Tarragona province: 10 countTarragona province10Almería province: 9 countAlmería province9Zaragoza province: 9 countZaragoza province9Murcia province: 8 countMurcia province8Valladolid province: 8 countValladolid province8Las Palmas province: 7 countLas Palmas province7Lleida province: 7 countLleida province7Toledo province: 7 countToledo province7Asturias province: 6 countAsturias province6Jaén province: 6 countJaén province6Santa Cruz de Tenerife province: 6 countSanta Cruz de Tenerife province6Biscay province: 5 countBiscay province5Ciudad Real province: 5 countCiudad Real province5Pontevedra province: 5 countPontevedra province5Ceuta province: 4 countCeuta province4Balearic Islands province: 3 countBalearic Islands province3Castellón province: 3 countCastellón province3Córdoba province: 3 countCórdoba province3Gipuzkoa province: 3 countGipuzkoa province3Guadalajara province: 3 countGuadalajara province3Huelva province: 3 countHuelva province3Navarre province: 3 countNavarre province3Albacete province: 2 countAlbacete province2Burgos province: 2 countBurgos province2Cáceres province: 2 countCáceres province2Cuenca province: 2 countCuenca province2León province: 2 countLeón province2Melilla province: 2 countMelilla province2Soria province: 2 countSoria province2A Coruña province: 1 countA Coruña province1Ávila province: 1 countÁvila province1Badajoz province: 1 countBadajoz province1Cantabria province: 1 countCantabria province1La Rioja province: 1 countLa Rioja province1Lugo province: 1 countLugo province1Palencia province: 1 countPalencia province1Teruel province: 1 countTeruel province1Álava province: 0 countÁlava province0Huesca province: 0 countHuesca province0Ourense province: 0 countOurense province0Salamanca province: 0 countSalamanca province0Segovia province: 0 countSegovia province0Zamora province: 0 countZamora province0Madrid province: 46 countMadrid province46Barcelona province: 36 countBarcelona province36Valencia province: 23 countValencia province23Málaga province: 17 countMálaga province17Granada province: 14 countGranada province14Alicante province: 12 countAlicante province12Seville province: 12 countSeville province12Cádiz province: 10 countCádiz province10Girona province: 10 countGirona province10Tarragona province: 10 countTarragona province10Almería province: 9 countAlmería province9Zaragoza province: 9 countZaragoza province9Murcia province: 8 countMurcia province8Valladolid province: 8 countValladolid province8Las Palmas province: 7 countLas Palmas province7Lleida province: 7 countLleida province7Toledo province: 7 countToledo province7Asturias province: 6 countAsturias province6Jaén province: 6 countJaén province6Santa Cruz de Tenerife province: 6 countSanta Cruz de Tenerife province6Biscay province: 5 countBiscay province5Ciudad Real province: 5 countCiudad Real province5Pontevedra province: 5 countPontevedra province5Ceuta province: 4 countCeuta province4Balearic Islands province: 3 countBalearic Islands province3Castellón province: 3 countCastellón province3Córdoba province: 3 countCórdoba province3Gipuzkoa province: 3 countGipuzkoa province3Guadalajara province: 3 countGuadalajara province3Huelva province: 3 countHuelva province3Navarre province: 3 countNavarre province3Albacete province: 2 countAlbacete province2Burgos province: 2 countBurgos province2Cáceres province: 2 countCáceres province2Cuenca province: 2 countCuenca province2León province: 2 countLeón province2Melilla province: 2 countMelilla province2Soria province: 2 countSoria province2A Coruña province: 1 countA Coruña province1Ávila province: 1 countÁvila province1Badajoz province: 1 countBadajoz province1Cantabria province: 1 countCantabria province1La Rioja province: 1 countLa Rioja province1Lugo province: 1 countLugo province1Palencia province: 1 countPalencia province1Teruel province: 1 countTeruel province1Álava province: 0 countÁlava province0Huesca province: 0 countHuesca province0Ourense province: 0 countOurense province0Salamanca province: 0 countSalamanca province0Segovia province: 0 countSegovia province0Zamora province: 0 countZamora province0
count. Source: Ministerio del Interior, Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankProvinces2022
count		Change on 2021
1Madrid province46+24.3%
2Barcelona province36-5.3%
3Valencia province23+4.5%
4Málaga province17+13.3%
5Granada province14+75%
6Alicante province12+20%
6Seville province12+50%
8Cádiz province10+42.9%
8Girona province10+66.7%
8Tarragona province100%
11Almería province9+12.5%
11Zaragoza province9+125%
13Murcia province8-42.9%
13Valladolid province8+300%
15Las Palmas province7-30%
15Lleida province7+133.3%
15Toledo province7+40%
18Asturias province6+500%
18Jaén province6+50%
18Santa Cruz de Tenerife province60%
21Biscay province5-16.7%
21Ciudad Real province5+150%
21Pontevedra province5-16.7%
24Ceuta province4+100%
25Balearic Islands province3-50%
25Castellón province30%
25Córdoba province3+200%
25Gipuzkoa province30%
25Guadalajara province3+200%
25Huelva province3-25%
25Navarre province3+50%
32Albacete province2+100%
32Burgos province2n/a
32Cáceres province2+100%
32Cuenca province2+100%
32León province2-60%
32Melilla province2n/a
32Soria province2+100%
39A Coruña province1-85.7%
39Ávila province1n/a
39Badajoz province1-66.7%
39Cantabria province1-75%
39La Rioja province1-66.7%
39Lugo province10%
39Palencia province1-50%
39Teruel province1n/a
47Álava province0-100%
47Huesca province0-100%
47Ourense province0-100%
47Salamanca province0-100%
47Segovia province0-100%
47Zamora 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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

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), 2022) [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), 2022. 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=2022. 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), 2022. 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=2022.

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), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/homicides-murders-spain/spain-provinces?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{ministerio_provinces_of_spain_by_2022,
  author = {{Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad)}},
  title = {{Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados: Provinces of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain), 2022}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/homicides-murders-spain/spain-provinces?period=2022. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad)
TI  - Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: homicidios dolosos y asesinatos consumados: Provinces of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain), 2022
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/05/28
PB  - Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad)
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/homicides-murders-spain/spain-provinces?period=2022
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/homicides-murders-spain/spain-provinces?period=2022.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Provinces of Spain by intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain) using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"recorded_homicides","level":"province","within":"Spain","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=recorded_homicides&level=province&within=Spain&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

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

Madrid province, with 46 in 2022, according to Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad).

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

Zamora province, with 0 in 2022.

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.

Intentional homicides and murders, completed (Spain): other rankings

Provinces of Spain: more rankings