Madrid

Spain · Europe

79Safety indexLower concern

U.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

5/5metric categories covered

Open comparison

40.42°, -3.70°

Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Madrid scores 79 out of 100 in our composite index, safer than 43% of the cities we score.

Its homicide rate is 0.3 per 100,000, but that figure is reported for the wider region rather than the city, and we calculated it from a raw count and a population, so read it as an upper bound. Recorded robbery is 155.7 per 100,000, also a regional figure and computed the same way; police data counts only reported incidents, so the real level is somewhat higher. The four governments we track split mildly: the US and Canada put Spain at their second level, increased caution, while the UK and Australia hold it at their lowest. Every advisory covering the country flags pickpocketing and scams aimed at visitors. In a city survey, 69% of residents said they feel safe walking alone at night.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern

Violent crime1

Robbery & theft28

Travel advisory33

The radar shows the three sourced, comparable risk measures (homicide, robbery, the strictest travel-advisory level). Tourist petty-crime signals are a different kind of measure — how often advisories mention them — so they are shown as rows under Tourist-specific incidents, not as radar axes.

Homicide / general violence

Intentional homicides (per 100,000)

0.3/100k

Figure is for Madrid (provincia) (state / province), wider than Madrid itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 21 (count, 2024) ÷ 7113886 population (INE — Censo Anual de Población a 1 de enero de 2025 (provincias), 2025) × 100k.

Primary source: Ministerio del Interior (España) — Sistema Estadístico de Criminalidad (SEC), Series anuales

Where this sits on the scaleLow

01·3·8·20·40 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 96% of tracked cities

0.3/100k

0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)

155.7/100k

Figure is for Madrid (provincia) (state / province), wider than Madrid itself.

Rate computed by project-atlas: 11074 (count, 2024) ÷ 7113886 population (INE — Censo Anual de Población a 1 de enero de 2025 (provincias), 2025) × 100k.

Primary source: Ministerio del Interior (España) — Sistema Estadístico de Criminalidad (SEC), Series anuales

Where this sits on the scaleElevated

040·120·250·400·600 /100k

Among tracked citiessafer than 27% of tracked cities

155.7/100k

0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department

U.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: U.S. Department of State — Spain Travel Advisory

Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Spain Travel Advice and Advisories

UK FCDO

UK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Spain travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)

Smartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: Australian Government (DFAT Smartraveller) — Spain travel advice

Perceived safety

How safe people say they feel, from official population surveys — a separate signal, not part of the Safety Index.

Feel safe walking alone at night

City survey

69%feel safe

Spain average · 75.2%

69% of people surveyed · Madrid · 2023

% feeling safe = Eurostat "strongly agree" (25.5%) + "somewhat agree" (43.5%); both are shares of the same respondents (base includes "don't know").

Primary source: Eurostat — Quality of Life in European Cities (Flash Eurobarometer, DG REGIO)

Report crime, violence or vandalism in their area

National survey

13.6%report a problem

13.6% of people surveyed · Spain · 2023

Survey figure is for Spain (country), wider than Madrid itself.

Primary source: Eurostat — Crime, violence or vandalism in the area (EU-SILC)

Tourist-specific incidents

How often government travel advisories mention each — a source-consensus signal, not a risk rate.

Pickpocketing & petty theft in travel advisories

3 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Spain travel advice (Safety and security)

Scams & fraud in travel advisories

3 of 3 advisories mention this

project-atlas count: 3 of 3 reviewed government advisories mention this. A source-consensus signal, not a measured risk rate.

Primary source: Global Affairs Canada — Spain travel advice (Safety and security)