Overview
- Official data show a 6% drop in crime in Catalonia and a 2.8% fall nationwide in Q1 2025, sending conventional offences to their lowest rate since 2011–12.
- A 2025 victimization survey found that 51.4% of Barcelona residents feel unsafe, with 52.4% reporting fear in poorly lit spaces and 63% of women affected.
- Only one in five completed or attempted crimes in Barcelona is formally reported, largely because victims doubt police efficacy, fear procedural complications and mistrust the justice system.
- Despite the overall decline, consummated homicides in Catalonia fell by nearly 17% in Q1 2025 while attempted homicides rose 11%, and both cybercrime and sexual offences have trended upward as victim reporting increases.
- In response to lingering insecurity, the Ayuntamiento de Barcelona has rolled out targeted street-lighting upgrades and expanded Mossos d’Esquadra patrols in high-concern areas.