Places with the lowest recorded crime per thousand people

This ranking orders the towns in our sample from the lowest to the highest number of criminal offences recorded per thousand people over the last twelve months.

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Places with the lowest recorded crime per thousand people

Sample: 110 places; 95 are in the Ministry's balance. Period: 12 months to Q2 2026.

Places with the lowest recorded crime per thousand people
#	Municipality	Per thousand registered residents¹	Recorded criminal offences²	Registered population³	Beds in tourist lets⁴
1	Ontinyent	26.94	997	37,012	258
2	Yecla	27.6	1,006	36,453	182
3	Puçol	28.53	618	21,659	231
4	Petrer	29.45	1,002	34,022	50
5	Mutxamel	30.57	875	28,621	716
6	Alaquàs	34.28	1,034	30,166	69
7	Rincón de la Victoria	34.35	1,802	52,454	3,387
8	Alhaurín de la Torre	34.88	1,572	45,066	1,243
9	La Unión	35.36	756	21,380	76
10	Coín	36.54	971	26,574	538
11	Caravaca de la Cruz	36.71	959	26,126	438
12	Alcoy	36.88	2,267	61,468	251
13	Cieza	37.61	1,338	35,577	61
14	Bétera	37.82	1,080	28,560	86
15	Alcantarilla	38.36	1,683	43,876	71
16	Lorca	39.01	3,861	98,969	373
17	Alhaurín el Grande	39.23	1,081	27,552	1,252
18	Novelda	39.24	1,044	26,606	155
19	Crevillent	39.26	1,214	30,921	91
20	Paiporta	39.45	1,110	28,136	38
21	Molina de Segura	39.82	3,124	78,458	154
22	Mislata	40.15	1,890	47,079	241
23	Ibi	40.33	988	24,500	49
23	Cártama	40.33	1,183	29,333	318
25	Elche	40.91	10,046	245,557	2,697
25	Antequera	40.91	1,712	41,849	926
27	Burjassot	40.95	1,691	41,299	267
28	Catarroja	41.99	1,285	30,604	97
29	Torrent	42.36	3,852	90,928	399
30	Ronda	42.38	1,427	33,671	2,913
31	San Vicente del Raspeig	42.49	2,560	60,247	359
32	Villena	42.87	1,488	34,712	225
33	Aspe	43.04	964	22,397	81
34	Torrox	43.11	949	22,015	5,505
35	Las Torres de Cotillas	43.26	981	22,676	29
36	Cartagena	43.52	9,604	220,704	6,961
37	Elda	43.53	2,404	55,222	122
38	Xàtiva	44.34	1,375	31,008	245
39	Paterna	44.55	3,387	76,019	370
40	Manises	44.59	1,454	32,609	187
41	la Pobla de Vallbona	45.17	1,241	27,471	114
42	Torre-Pacheco	45.25	1,877	41,479	3,379
43	Archena	45.68	955	20,908	108
44	el Campello	46.69	1,467	31,419	5,899
45	Moncada	46.86	1,041	22,213	17
46	Silla	47.21	967	20,482	29
47	Sant Joan d'Alacant	47.51	1,275	26,834	689
48	Quart de Poblet	47.91	1,292	26,967	16
49	Jumilla	48.6	1,340	27,574	76
50	Alhama de Murcia	48.67	1,176	24,163	644
51	Totana	50.21	1,675	33,358	104
52	Xirivella	50.57	1,623	32,093	38
53	Dénia	51.61	2,439	47,261	14,679
54	Picassent	52.75	1,224	23,202	116
55	Requena	53.43	1,121	20,982	254
56	Sagunto	54.31	3,966	73,031	2,144
57	Oliva	54.64	1,465	26,813	4,398
58	Mijas	54.78	5,210	95,104	21,572
59	Vélez-Málaga	55.5	4,776	86,048	5,345
60	Sueca	55.7	1,626	29,194	938
61	Carcaixent	55.8	1,224	21,934	80
62	Villajoyosa	56.29	2,108	37,449	4,080
63	Orihuela	56.94	4,815	84,560	10,674
64	Murcia	57.2	27,422	479,405	3,690
65	Benalmádena	57.85	4,532	78,338	15,656
66	Almoradí	57.96	1,331	22,965	75
67	San Pedro del Pinatar	58.06	1,723	29,674	2,276
68	Santa Pola	58.25	2,313	39,709	7,985
69	l'Alfàs del Pi	59.72	1,259	21,080	2,319
70	Mazarrón	59.8	2,120	35,449	2,497
71	Algemesí	60.23	1,705	28,306	40
72	Águilas	60.83	2,300	37,811	2,221
73	Llíria	61.54	1,559	25,333	214
74	Aldaia	62.11	2,151	34,630	27
75	Nerja	62.26	1,378	22,132	12,366
76	San Javier	63.38	2,315	36,524	4,778
76	Gandia	63.38	5,269	83,135	6,760
78	Málaga	63.5	38,043	599,063	34,724
79	Altea	64	1,574	24,592	5,066
80	Jávea	64.58	1,979	30,642	14,683
81	Calp	65.65	1,813	27,616	15,792
81	Riba-roja de Túria	65.65	1,616	24,616	118
83	Alboraya	66.23	1,740	26,273	1,185
84	Alzira	67.58	3,260	48,236	227
85	Estepona	67.97	5,412	79,621	16,816
86	Pilar de la Horadada	68.23	1,659	24,316	1,983
87	Fuengirola	71.56	6,098	85,211	13,319
88	Alfafar	72.38	1,612	22,270	26
89	València	74.28	62,451	840,792	23,080
90	Alicante	75.86	27,781	366,221	12,519
91	Torremolinos	77.82	5,551	71,329	10,929
92	Cullera	80.16	1,980	24,702	4,053
93	Benidorm	83.85	6,484	77,327	11,670
94	Marbella	86.6	13,837	159,786	36,435
95	Torrevieja	97.8	9,637	98,533	17,195
Not in the Ministry's balance (it covers larger towns only). Listed here, not left out.
—	Algorfa	—	—	3,788	204
—	Benijófar	—	—	3,679	122
—	Benissa	—	—	12,471	5,820
—	Benitachell	—	—	4,911	2,803
—	Finestrat	—	—	9,919	2,289
—	Guardamar del Segura	—	—	18,564	1,395
—	Rojales	—	—	17,652	2,412
—	San Fulgencio	—	—	9,769	867
—	San Miguel de Salinas	—	—	7,177	742
—	Teulada	—	—	12,912	7,506
—	Los Montesinos	—	—	5,786	291
—	Benahavís	—	—	9,472	5,453
—	Casares	—	—	9,009	3,341
—	Manilva	—	—	18,165	5,686
—	Los Alcázares	—	—	20,408	2,480

Per thousand registered residents: Measured for the municipality · Fuente: Ministerio del Interior, Balance de Criminalidad · Elaboración propia con datos extraídos del sitio web del INE: www.ine.es, 12 months to Q2 2026. Updated 15/10/2026.
Recorded criminal offences: Measured for the municipality · Fuente: Ministerio del Interior, Balance de Criminalidad, 12 months to Q2 2026. Updated 17/10/2026.
Registered population: Measured for the municipality · Elaboración propia con datos extraídos del sitio web del INE: www.ine.es, 2025. Updated 15/10/2026.
Beds in tourist lets: Measured for the municipality · Elaboración propia con datos extraídos del sitio web del INE: www.ine.es, 05/2026. Updated 17/10/2026.

Fuente: Ministerio del Interior, Balance de Criminalidad · Elaboración propia con datos extraídos del sitio web del INE: www.ine.es. Updated 15/10/2026.

How it is calculated

The counts come from the Interior Ministry's quarterly Balance de Criminalidad, which covers municipalities with more than twenty thousand inhabitants and the provincial capitals. The Ministry publishes totals accumulated since January; we turn them into the latest twelve months, so every town is compared over a full year whatever the quarter.

Each town has two rates. The first divides by registered residents (the Padrón). The second adds the people staying in tourist flats: the number of tourist-let beds times the average occupancy in the province. In resort towns, where many visitors are not registered, the first rate overstates crime per person present and the second is closer to the people actually present. The ranking orders by the second rate when it exists and shows both.

Recorded crime depends on reporting and on policing, not only on how much crime there is. Towns below the Ministry's threshold appear at the bottom as “no data”.

Methods

How we calculate recorded crime

The Interior Ministry's Balance de Criminalidad publishes offences recorded by the police in municipalities with more than twenty thousand inhabitants and in provincial capitals, as totals accumulated from January to the end of each quarter. To compare towns over a full year, we use the latest twelve months: this year's total to date, plus last year's full-year total, minus last year's total to the same quarter. At the end of the year it is simply the annual total. If last year's figures are missing, there is no value.

We then give two rates per thousand people. The first divides by registered residents (the Padrón). The second divides by residents plus the people staying in tourist flats, estimated as tourist-let beds times the province's average occupancy of tourist flats over the same months. In resort towns the second rate is closer to the number of people actually present. If occupancy data is missing for those months, only the first rate is shown.

Recorded crime depends on how often people report and on police activity, not only on how much crime there is.

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