Overview

• The Ertzaintza now detains roughly 850 repeat offenders per year, twice the pre-pandemic figure.
• Gipuzkoa has averaged about 300 recidivist detentions annually over the past four years, with 292 arrests in 2024.
• Detentions of repeat offenders across Euskadi have doubled since 2019, driven by sharper increases in Bizkaia and Araba than in Gipuzkoa.
• Vitoria-Gasteiz saw 53 crimes per day in the first quarter of 2025, marking the highest rate on record.
• Ramiro González has demanded immediate detention of individuals brandishing knives to curb rising insecurity.