Municipalities in Catalonia by known criminal offences (Spain)
Barcelona had the highest known criminal offences (Spain) of 69 municipalities in 2023, at 186,166. Manlleu had the lowest, at 430. The median was 2,183 and the figure for Catalonia was 510,172. Source: Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad).
Top 40 municipalities, 2023
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About this ranking
All criminal offences (delitos and delitos leves) known to the police during the year.
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.
Since 2023 the total includes offences committed online (cibercriminalidad), which the ministry now reports in a separate block; they were part of the total before as well. 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.
How to cite
Origen de los datos: Portal Estadístico de Criminalidad, Ministerio del Interior. Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: total infracciones penales. 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: total infracciones penales (Municipalities in Catalonia by known criminal offences (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: total infracciones penales, Municipalities in Catalonia by known criminal offences (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/known-criminal-offences-spain/catalonia-municipalities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad). 2025. Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: total infracciones penales. Municipalities in Catalonia by known criminal offences (Spain), 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/known-criminal-offences-spain/catalonia-municipalities?period=2023.
Harvard
Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad) (2025) Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: total infracciones penales, Municipalities in Catalonia by known criminal offences (Spain), 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/known-criminal-offences-spain/catalonia-municipalities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which municipality has the highest known criminal offences (Spain)?
Barcelona, with 186,166 in 2023, according to Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad).
Which municipality has the lowest known criminal offences (Spain)?
Manlleu, with 430 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: total infracciones penales. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 municipalities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.
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