Safety is one of the key issues when deciding to visit a city, but it is especially important when living there. When choosing a neighborhood, aspects such as tranquility are among the most valued.
In the latest assessment carried out by Barcelona City Hall, it is indicated that during the first half of 2024 Reported crime in the city decreased by 0.5%. Likewise, the council highlights that during the first half of the year the police presence increased, which also led to an increase in arrests.
Crime in Barcelona
“In the first semester 14,192 people were arrested, 9.1% more than during the same period in 2023. As for the people investigated, they increased by 12.3%, reaching 30,551 people investigated,” underlines the Town Hall regarding the activities of the Urban Guard.
In an overall calculation of the evolution of the first half of 2024, the Ministry of the Interior also collects a crime report where known acts are counted by criminal typology between January and June 2024. According to the data, during this period in the city of Barcelona 79,777 cases of conventional delinquency, offenses related to cybercrime represented 9,989 and the total of criminal offenses 89,766.
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Intentional homicides and completed murders: 10
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Intentional homicides and attempted murders: 18
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Serious and less serious crimes, injuries and riots: 472
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Abduction: 4
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Crimes against sexual freedom: 586
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Penetrative sexual assault: 200
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Remaining crimes against sexual freedom: 386
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Theft with violence and intimidation: 6,100
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Robberies with force in homes, establishments and other facilities: 3,555
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Forceful thefts from homes: 2,127
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Flights: 40,121
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Vehicle thefts: 1,395
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Drug trafficking: 958
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Rest of conventional delinquency: 26,558
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Computer scams: 9,571
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Other cybercrimes: 418
On the other hand, the Mossos d’Esquadra lists known criminal acts in the neighborhoods of Barcelona. In this way, the regional police specifies in its records that – with the year incomplete – criminal acts in Ciutat Vella reach 10,425, in Eixample they are 12,121, Sants-Montjuïc, 5,764; Les Corts, 2006; Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, 2,688; Gracia, 2,307; Horta-Guinardó, 2,469; New Barris, 2,894; Sant-Andréu, 3,139; Sant Martí, 6,082.
Furthermore, the Mossos enter in their balance sheet, also by neighborhood, known criminal acts, known resolved facts and arrests. These data, however, They are available until March 2024i.e. the first quarter of the year. The data is classified by basic police zones.
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Old town: 1751
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New Barris: 230
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Horta-Guinardó: 165
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Saint-Gervasi: 132
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The Cortes: 207
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Grace: 118
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Saints: 594
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Example: 1068
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Sant Marti: 498
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Sant Andreu: 204
As is the case in other large cities like Madrid, it must be taken into account that the neighborhoods that They accumulate a greater volume of local population and tourists tend to carry out a greater number of interventions.. This is the case, for example, of Ciutat Vella or Eixample, which between them bring together districts such as El Raval, the Sagrada Familia, the Gothic Quarter or the Barceloneta.
Regarding the category of crimes committed, the greatest number of arrests in the Ciutat Vella district concerns robberies and robberies with violence. The same thing is happening in Eixample and other neighborhoods, as Mossos data shows.
In this sense, the neighborhoods of Barcelona that recorded the most arrests during the first quarter of 2024 were Ciutat Vella, Eixample, Sants and Sant Martí.
