4Benalmádena

Benalmádena, Spain: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 4 out of 10 Above average crime

4/10 in Spain · 8/10 in the world

Compared with 427 places in the same country (10 = lowest crime).

Weighted crime: 8,320 per 100,000 people (2025)

Crime by type, as recorded by Ministerio del Interior (2025)

Type	Count	Per 100,000 a year	All places this source covers
Homicide
Murder and intentional homicide	1	1.3	0.8
Attempted murder and homicide	1	1.3	3.1
Sexual offences
Sexual offences	38	48.5	48.2
Violence
Assault causing injury and brawls	39	49.8	65
Kidnapping	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Robbery with violence or threats	42	53.6	165.5
Theft and burglary
Burglary of homes, businesses and other premises	141	180	201.1
Theft	1,042	1,330.1	1,607.5
Taking without force or violence; robbery and burglary are counted on their own lines.
Vehicle theft	89	113.6	82
Drugs
Drug trafficking	64	81.7	53.7
Other
Other conventional crime	2,160	2,757.3	2,323.6
Everything else the police record, except cybercrime, which is not tied to a place.

Source: Ministerio del Interior, updated 26 October 2026.

5/10 Living 5 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.

Raw score 8.7 out of 10, before ranking.

School: CDP Kindercare 900 m
School: Colegio Privado Bilingüe Novaschool Benalmádena 1.3 km
School: Instituto de Educación Secundaria Benalmádena 1.4 km
School: Centro de Educación Primaria y Infantil Pública Mariana Pineda 1.4 km
School: The British College 1.9 km
Bus stop: Benal. pueblo 110 m
Bus stop 310 m
Bus stop 310 m
Railway station: Torremuelle 1.6 km
Doctor or clinic: Consultorio Benalmádena 290 m
A&E: Hospital de Alta Resolución de Benalmádena 1.4 km
Supermarket: Maskom 30 m
Supermarket: Don Market 100 m

Schools count by distance only: there are no inspection grades to use.