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Spain: crime, homicide rate and trend

Name: Homicides per 100,000 people by year: Spain
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Safety 8 out of 10 compared with the world

Crime recorded by the police (2024)

Crime	Recorded	Per 100,000
Intentional homicide	349	0.7
Attempted intentional homicide	1,343	2.8
Serious assault	28,724	59.1
Kidnapping	104	0.2
Sexual violence	19,655	40.4
of which: Rape	5,222	10.7
of which: Sexual assault	14,433	29.7
Sexual exploitation	3,191	6.6
Robbery	62,976	129.5
Burglary	142,587	293.3
of which: Burglary of homes	81,094	166.8
Theft	219,211	450.9
of which: Theft of vehicles or parts	23,472	48.3
Drug offences	21,540	44.3
Fraud	517,271	1,063.9
Corruption	1,505	3.1
of which: Bribery	87	0.2
Money laundering	808	1.7
Attacks on computer systems	11,690	24
Taking part in an organised crime group	2,726	5.6
Environmental pollution (2023)	122	0.3
Illegal waste movement or dumping (2023)	1	0
Trade in protected species (2023)	414	0.9
Depletion of natural resources (2023)	598	1.2

Each country defines and records crime in its own way, so these figures compare a country with itself over time better than with other countries.