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Provinces of Spain by known criminal offences (Spain)

Madrid province had the highest known criminal offences (Spain) of 52 provinces in 2019, at 407,736. Soria province had the lowest, at 2,565. The median was 18,961 and the figure for Spain was 2.2 million. Source: Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad).

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Highest407,736Madrid province
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Median18,96152 provinces
Spain2,199,475History

Map of provinces, 2019

Álava province: 13,011 countAlbacete province: 13,105 countAlicante province: 87,979 countAlmería province: 27,579 countÁvila province: 5,054 countBadajoz province: 18,962 countBalearic Islands province: 77,662 countBarcelona province: 385,838 countBurgos province: 12,351 countCáceres province: 8,629 countCádiz province: 50,663 countCastellón province: 23,184 countCiudad Real province: 13,029 countCórdoba province: 25,211 countA Coruña province: 35,472 countCuenca province: 6,222 countGirona province: 45,249 countGranada province: 33,347 countGuadalajara province: 9,795 countGipuzkoa province: 25,016 countHuelva province: 18,959 countHuesca province: 5,551 countJaén province: 16,283 countLeón province: 15,536 countLleida province: 18,621 countLa Rioja province: 8,750 countLugo province: 7,490 countMadrid province: 407,736 countMálaga province: 80,057 countMurcia province: 57,099 countNavarre province: 29,170 countOurense province: 8,179 countAsturias province: 27,163 countPalencia province: 4,248 countLas Palmas province: 52,755 countPontevedra province: 28,883 countSalamanca province: 9,788 countSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 42,884 countCantabria province: 18,073 countSegovia province: 4,353 countSeville province: 87,222 countSoria province: 2,565 countTarragona province: 39,557 countTeruel province: 2,746 countToledo province: 28,157 countValencia province: 121,386 countValladolid province: 17,888 countBiscay province: 56,509 countZamora province: 4,580 countZaragoza province: 34,286 countCeuta province: 4,746 countMelilla province: 5,582 count
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  • 6,000 to 13K
  • 13K to 19K
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  • 29K to 55K
  • 55K and over
count, 2019. Source: Ministerio del Interior, Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: total infracciones penales. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All provinces, 2019

Madrid province: 407,736 countMadrid province407,736Barcelona province: 385,838 countBarcelona province385,838Valencia province: 121,386 countValencia province121,386Alicante province: 87,979 countAlicante province87,979Seville province: 87,222 countSeville province87,222Málaga province: 80,057 countMálaga province80,057Balearic Islands province: 77,662 countBalearic Islands province77,662Murcia province: 57,099 countMurcia province57,099Biscay province: 56,509 countBiscay province56,509Las Palmas province: 52,755 countLas Palmas province52,755Cádiz province: 50,663 countCádiz province50,663Girona province: 45,249 countGirona province45,249Santa Cruz de Tenerife province: 42,884 countSanta Cruz de Tenerife province42,884Tarragona province: 39,557 countTarragona province39,557A Coruña province: 35,472 countA Coruña province35,472Zaragoza province: 34,286 countZaragoza province34,286Granada province: 33,347 countGranada province33,347Navarre province: 29,170 countNavarre province29,170Pontevedra province: 28,883 countPontevedra province28,883Toledo province: 28,157 countToledo province28,157Almería province: 27,579 countAlmería province27,579Asturias province: 27,163 countAsturias province27,163Córdoba province: 25,211 countCórdoba province25,211Gipuzkoa province: 25,016 countGipuzkoa province25,016Castellón province: 23,184 countCastellón province23,184Badajoz province: 18,962 countBadajoz province18,962Huelva province: 18,959 countHuelva province18,959Lleida province: 18,621 countLleida province18,621Cantabria province: 18,073 countCantabria province18,073Valladolid province: 17,888 countValladolid province17,888Jaén province: 16,283 countJaén province16,283León province: 15,536 countLeón province15,536Albacete province: 13,105 countAlbacete province13,105Ciudad Real province: 13,029 countCiudad Real province13,029Álava province: 13,011 countÁlava province13,011Burgos province: 12,351 countBurgos province12,351Guadalajara province: 9,795 countGuadalajara province9,795Salamanca province: 9,788 countSalamanca province9,788La Rioja province: 8,750 countLa Rioja province8,750Cáceres province: 8,629 countCáceres province8,629Ourense province: 8,179 countOurense province8,179Lugo province: 7,490 countLugo province7,490Cuenca province: 6,222 countCuenca province6,222Melilla province: 5,582 countMelilla province5,582Huesca province: 5,551 countHuesca province5,551Ávila province: 5,054 countÁvila province5,054Ceuta province: 4,746 countCeuta province4,746Zamora province: 4,580 countZamora province4,580Segovia province: 4,353 countSegovia province4,353Palencia province: 4,248 countPalencia province4,248Teruel province: 2,746 countTeruel province2,746Soria province: 2,565 countSoria province2,565Madrid province: 407,736 countMadrid province407,736Barcelona province: 385,838 countBarcelona province385,838Valencia province: 121,386 countValencia province121,386Alicante province: 87,979 countAlicante province87,979Seville province: 87,222 countSeville province87,222Málaga province: 80,057 countMálaga province80,057Balearic Islands province: 77,662 countBalearic Islands province77,662Murcia province: 57,099 countMurcia province57,099Biscay province: 56,509 countBiscay province56,509Las Palmas province: 52,755 countLas Palmas province52,755Cádiz province: 50,663 countCádiz province50,663Girona province: 45,249 countGirona province45,249Santa Cruz de Tenerife province: 42,884 countSanta Cruz de Tenerife province42,884Tarragona province: 39,557 countTarragona province39,557A Coruña province: 35,472 countA Coruña province35,472Zaragoza province: 34,286 countZaragoza province34,286Granada province: 33,347 countGranada province33,347Navarre province: 29,170 countNavarre province29,170Pontevedra province: 28,883 countPontevedra province28,883Toledo province: 28,157 countToledo province28,157Almería province: 27,579 countAlmería province27,579Asturias province: 27,163 countAsturias province27,163Córdoba province: 25,211 countCórdoba province25,211Gipuzkoa province: 25,016 countGipuzkoa province25,016Castellón province: 23,184 countCastellón province23,184Badajoz province: 18,962 countBadajoz province18,962Huelva province: 18,959 countHuelva province18,959Lleida province: 18,621 countLleida province18,621Cantabria province: 18,073 countCantabria province18,073Valladolid province: 17,888 countValladolid province17,888Jaén province: 16,283 countJaén province16,283León province: 15,536 countLeón province15,536Albacete province: 13,105 countAlbacete province13,105Ciudad Real province: 13,029 countCiudad Real province13,029Álava province: 13,011 countÁlava province13,011Burgos province: 12,351 countBurgos province12,351Guadalajara province: 9,795 countGuadalajara province9,795Salamanca province: 9,788 countSalamanca province9,788La Rioja province: 8,750 countLa Rioja province8,750Cáceres province: 8,629 countCáceres province8,629Ourense province: 8,179 countOurense province8,179Lugo province: 7,490 countLugo province7,490Cuenca province: 6,222 countCuenca province6,222Melilla province: 5,582 countMelilla province5,582Huesca province: 5,551 countHuesca province5,551Ávila province: 5,054 countÁvila province5,054Ceuta province: 4,746 countCeuta province4,746Zamora province: 4,580 countZamora province4,580Segovia province: 4,353 countSegovia province4,353Palencia province: 4,248 countPalencia province4,248Teruel province: 2,746 countTeruel province2,746Soria province: 2,565 countSoria province2,565
count. Source: Ministerio del Interior, Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: total infracciones penales. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankProvinces2019
count		Change on 2018
1Madrid province407,736+4.6%
2Barcelona province385,838+4.5%
3Valencia province121,386+2%
4Alicante province87,979-0.7%
5Seville province87,222+6%
6Málaga province80,057+1.1%
7Balearic Islands province77,662+5.4%
8Murcia province57,099+3.1%
9Biscay province56,509+5.3%
10Las Palmas province52,755+8%
11Cádiz province50,663-0.3%
12Girona province45,249+4.5%
13Santa Cruz de Tenerife province42,884+2.6%
14Tarragona province39,557-0.6%
15A Coruña province35,472+0.4%
16Zaragoza province34,286+5.3%
17Granada province33,347-1.1%
18Navarre province29,170+7%
19Pontevedra province28,883+3.7%
20Toledo province28,157+2.2%
21Almería province27,579-2.6%
22Asturias province27,163+2.8%
23Córdoba province25,211-1.4%
24Gipuzkoa province25,016+5%
25Castellón province23,184-3.5%
26Badajoz province18,962+3%
27Huelva province18,959+0.1%
28Lleida province18,621-2.2%
29Cantabria province18,073+2.3%
30Valladolid province17,888+4.2%
31Jaén province16,283+1.8%
32León province15,536-0.9%
33Albacete province13,105+3.3%
34Ciudad Real province13,029+5.5%
35Álava province13,011+1.8%
36Burgos province12,351+5.8%
37Guadalajara province9,795+0.3%
38Salamanca province9,788-3.7%
39La Rioja province8,750+5.8%
40Cáceres province8,629+2.7%
41Ourense province8,179+5%
42Lugo province7,490-0.9%
43Cuenca province6,222+4.1%
44Melilla province5,582+1.7%
45Huesca province5,551+9.7%
46Ávila province5,054+3.3%
47Ceuta province4,746+0.5%
48Zamora province4,580-0.2%
49Segovia province4,353+6%
50Palencia province4,248-0.3%
51Teruel province2,746-0.5%
52Soria province2,565+10.3%

Other periods

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 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: total infracciones penales. https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad). (2025). Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: total infracciones penales (Provinces of Spain by known criminal offences (Spain), 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html

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Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: total infracciones penales, Provinces of Spain by known criminal offences (Spain), 2019. Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad), 15 June 2025, https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/known-criminal-offences-spain/spain-provinces?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad). 2025. Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: total infracciones penales. Provinces of Spain by known criminal offences (Spain), 2019. 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/spain-provinces?period=2019.

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Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad) (2025) Balance de Criminalidad, cuarto trimestre: total infracciones penales, Provinces of Spain by known criminal offences (Spain), 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es/publico/portalestadistico/balances.html, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/known-criminal-offences-spain/spain-provinces?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which province has the highest known criminal offences (Spain)?

Madrid province, with 407,736 in 2019, according to Ministerio del Interior (Secretaría de Estado de Seguridad).

Which province has the lowest known criminal offences (Spain)?

Soria province, with 2,565 in 2019.

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