Is Spain Safe for Women? Spain Crime Rates & Safety Reports
Safety rating
Women living in Spain consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 4.3 out of 5.
Crime rating
Women living in Spain consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 1.8 out of 5.
Violence rating
On average 9.6% percentage of women in Spain have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life, according to OECD Data.
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Crime & Safety Statistics
Based on 149 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.3/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 4.1/5 | Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.7/5 | Very Safe |
Crime rate: | 1.8/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.8/5 | A Bit Worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.5/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.6/5 | A Bit Worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.8/5 | A Bit Worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.2/5 | Not at all worried |
How safe is Spain?
Denia
Normaly no safety problems for traveler in the whole town. Day and nighttime your safe. Of course you should be carefull on the crowded Monday Market and in Shopping Locations. Don't show your Money or jewels.
Posted: October 22, 2024Seville
seville is faily safe, specially around the city centre. just need to be on the lookout at night and don’t walk about sketchy neighbourhoods. public transport is quite safe too, but might want to take an uber at night.
Posted: October 3, 2024
Livi
Salamanca
Never felt unsafe walking during the day! I don’t go out much after dark, but early morning it’s still very safe even if it’s dark. There may be some drunk people, but they won’t hurt you. Salamanca is a smaller city and everyone mostly keeps to themselves, or are tourists.
Posted: October 1, 2024
Charli
Valencia
Valencia it’s a very safe, touristic city. There’s always street movement so that makes me feel safe. Also Gandia, my neighborhood, it’s a very chill, residential coast place. I’ve walked alone at night in both places and slept in the airport and everything’s just fine.
Posted: September 30, 2024
Maria
Barcelona
I haven't experienced anyone trying to steal my phone or anything on public transport, anyway there are certain zones and streets that should be avoided walking alone after dark. The risk of sexual harassment I'd say it is similar to other big cities and mostly in nightclubs/big festivals.
Posted: September 24, 2024
Maria
Madrid
Madrid is a súper safe city. I always walk home at any hour. But of course there are a lot of pickpoketers in the center (gran via is the worst). And also if you forget your stuff somewhere - its gone. Recently ,also in the center, you should be more carefull with groups of men. You can find sexual abuse anywhere in the world, so as long as you avoid drunk man and don't react to any of them its okey. There is a lot of police everywhere. Also, lavapies at night is a bit sketchy but still okey if you don't react.
Posted: September 21, 2024Palma
Palma is a safe city in general terms. I consider it a safe city both day and night. There are very specific areas that can be more dangerous and it is advisable to avoid them. Also, in areas of concentrated drunken tourism, more altercations occur.
Posted: September 21, 2024
Anastasia
Valencia
It is very safe place overall, way more safer than Barcelona or Madrid or even Sevilla where I was living before. Anyway even if something happens people around always react super fast, you can count on them to help you :)
Posted: September 19, 2024
Ana
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Really safe city, but unfortunately like in everywhere else in the world there have been a few cases of rape and assault, especially at night being alone. So please beware during that time and of drunk people. Also always make sure to lock your bike!
Posted: September 18, 2024
Carolina
Barcelona
It’s amazing. I'm Brazilian, and I really feel safe there. The people are welcoming. I have the metro option during the night on weekends. I love living there and making friends. We have a lot of free options, and we can enjoy the beach without anyone disturbing us.
Posted: September 15, 2024Is Spain worth visiting?
Travel rating
based on 40 experiences from female travelers
Ali
Germany
Spain, Group travel
Spain was great but for vegan a little bit difficult sometimes. I was there with a friend of mine and visited Valencia and Barcelona. They are both really nice but I prefer Valencia because it's not so big but you can do a lot of things.
Posted: October 16, 2024Experienced: August, 2022
Simona
Slovakia
Almeria, Solo travel
I spent a month at the coast of Copacabana which is relatively close to the city centre of Almeria but pretty calm and surrounded by little houses and couple of restaurants. If you have a car I definitely recommend going to el Cabo de gata playas and natural park. All along the coast there are a lot of little cities with typical architecture and also lot of expats. You can eat local and have many pleasant encounters. I recommend at least basic command in Spanish ;)
Posted: October 16, 2024Meet locals in Spain
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