City Travel Stats

Valencia

Spain · Europe

79Safety indexLower concern
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions
1AU flagSmartraveller (AU)Level 1 · Normal precautions
5/5metric categories covered
Open comparison
39.47°, -0.38°
Regional locator · ring ≈ the figure's geographic unit

The safety picture

A plain-language read of the sourced figures below

Valencia scores 79 out of 100, safer than roughly 43% of the cities we rank.

Its homicide rate is 1.2 per 100,000, near the median for the cities we track, but robbery is high at 129.5 per 100,000. Both figures cover the wider province rather than the city, and we calculated the rates from counts and populations, so the local level could differ. The four governments split on how to frame the risk: the UK and Australia keep Spain at their lowest advisory level, while the US and Canada raise it a step to increased caution. Those advisories flag pickpocketing and scams for travellers, which fits the elevated robbery figure. We have no resident perception survey for the city.

Safety dimensions

Larger area = more concern
Violent crimeRobbery & theftTravel advisory
Violent crime2
Robbery & theft24
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)
1.2/100k
Figure is for Valencia/València (provincia) (state / province), wider than Valencia itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 34 (count, 2024) ÷ 2763996 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 scaleGuarded
01·3·8·20·40 /100k
Among tracked citiessafer than 62% of tracked cities
1.2/100k
0/100k safest101.2/100k

Robbery (police-recorded)

Robbery (per 100,000)
129.5/100k
Figure is for Valencia/València (provincia) (state / province), wider than Valencia itself.
Rate computed by project-atlas: 3578 (count, 2024) ÷ 2763996 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 30% of tracked cities
129.5/100k
0.4/100k safest3097.8/100k

Travel advisories

U.S. State Department
2US flagU.S. State DeptLevel 2 · Increased caution

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

Global Affairs Canada
2CA flagGlobal Affairs CanadaLevel 2 · Increased caution

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

UK FCDO
1GB flagUK FCDOLevel 1 · Normal precautions

Primary source: UK FCDO — Spain travel advice

Smartraveller (Australia)
1AU flagSmartraveller (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.
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 Valencia 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)