Officially recorded crime for every province - 48 in total - with rates per
1,000 residents, on an interactive map you can zoom from the whole country down to street level.
Data period: calendar year 2025. Sources: Ministerio del Interior quarterly crime balance (incl. Mossos & Ertzaintza) · GISCO boundaries and population.
Safest areas in Spain
Teruel - 20.4 crimes / 1,000 residents
Cáceres - 21.2 crimes / 1,000 residents
Lugo - 21.8 crimes / 1,000 residents
Ourense - 24.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
Pontevedra - 25.0 crimes / 1,000 residents
Highest recorded crime
Balears (Illes) - 58.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
Barcelona - 55.8 crimes / 1,000 residents
Girona - 52.7 crimes / 1,000 residents
Málaga - 48.5 crimes / 1,000 residents
Alicante/Alacant - 46.7 crimes / 1,000 residents
Read the numbers honestly. Rates are per 1,000 residents, so city centres
and tourist areas look worse than they feel - many visitors, few residents. Recorded crime is not the same as how
safe a place feels, and recording practices differ between countries, so compare within Spain only.