How safe is Spain?

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.

Across all 48 provinces of Spain, officially recorded crime ranges from about 20.4 per 1,000 residents in Teruel to 58.9 in Balears (Illes) - about 3 times as high. A typical province sits at around 32.2 per 1,000. The two lists below show the five lowest and the five highest; the interactive map holds the full ranking, and you can zoom past the province level to see how the picture changes from one area to the next.

Safest areas in Spain

  1. Teruel - 20.4 crimes / 1,000 residents
  2. Cáceres - 21.2 crimes / 1,000 residents
  3. Lugo - 21.8 crimes / 1,000 residents
  4. Ourense - 24.3 crimes / 1,000 residents
  5. Pontevedra - 25.0 crimes / 1,000 residents

Highest recorded crime in Spain

  1. Balears (Illes) - 58.9 crimes / 1,000 residents
  2. Barcelona - 55.8 crimes / 1,000 residents
  3. Girona - 52.7 crimes / 1,000 residents
  4. Málaga - 48.5 crimes / 1,000 residents
  5. Alicante/Alacant - 46.7 crimes / 1,000 residents

Popular cities in Spain

Heading to one city? These guides answer “is it safe?” with the same official data, broken down by neighbourhood:

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.

48 provinces drill down to ~400 municipalities (capitals, islands and towns over 20,000 residents), including sexual offences per municipality. Whichever area you land on, the rate is counted per 1,000 residents, so you can weigh a capital city against a quiet town on the same scale - as long as both sit inside Spain. Use the search box to jump to a place by name, or the locate button to find the province you are standing in right now.

Open the interactive map of Spain →