4Vélez-Málaga

Vélez-Málaga, 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: 8,070 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	1.2	0.8
Attempted murder and homicide	4	4.6	3.1
Sexual offences
Sexual offences	46	53.5	48.2
Violence
Assault causing injury and brawls	37	43	65
Kidnapping	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Robbery with violence or threats	63	73.2	165.5
Theft and burglary
Burglary of homes, businesses and other premises	251	291.7	201.1
Theft	896	1,041.3	1,607.5
Taking without force or violence; robbery and burglary are counted on their own lines.
Vehicle theft	58	67.4	82
Drugs
Drug trafficking	11	12.8	53.7
Other
Other conventional crime	2,218	2,577.6	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 8.8 out of 10, before ranking.

School: Colegio Concertado San José 110 m
School: Centro de Educación de Adultos María Zambrano 120 m
School: Colegio de Educación Infantil y Primaria Augusto Santiago Bellido 560 m
School: Colegio de Educación Infantil y Primaria Andalucía 580 m
School: Colegio Público Juan Herrera Alcausa 760 m
Bus stop: Calle Lope de Vega 40 m
Bus stop: Calle Cristo / Camino de Málaga 140 m
Bus stop: Plaza de la Constitución 220 m
Doctor or clinic: Centro Médico El Carmen 290 m
A&E: Hospital Comarcal de La Axarquía 3.5 km
Supermarket: Mercadona 250 m
Supermarket: Covirán 260 m

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