7Ponferrada

Ponferrada, Spain: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 7 out of 10 Low crime

7/10 in Spain · 10/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 5,813 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	2	3.2	0.8
Attempted murder and homicide	2	3.2	3.1
Sexual offences
Sexual offences	22	34.8	48.2
Violence
Assault causing injury and brawls	39	61.7	65
Kidnapping	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Robbery with violence or threats	18	28.5	165.5
Theft and burglary
Burglary of homes, businesses and other premises	118	186.8	201.1
Theft	474	750.2	1,607.5
Taking without force or violence; robbery and burglary are counted on their own lines.
Vehicle theft	12	19	82
Drugs
Drug trafficking	6	9.5	53.7
Other
Other conventional crime	1,079	1,707.7	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.

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

Raw score 10.0 out of 10, before ranking.

School: Colegio Bilingüe La Inmaculada 120 m
School: Colegio de Educación Infantil y Primaria Navaliegos 270 m
School: Centro de Formación Profesional Específica Mercurio 310 m
School: Instituto de Educación Secundaria Gil y Carrasco 500 m
School: Colegio de Educación Infantil y Primaria Valentín García Yebra 530 m
Bus stop: Avenida Pérez Colino - Mercado 100 m
Bus stop: Avenida de la Puebla 25 100 m
Bus stop: Avenida Pérez Colino - Mercado 130 m
Railway station: Ponferrada 530 m
Doctor or clinic: Clínica del Pie José González Gavela 470 m
A&E: Clínica Ponferrada 1.5 km
Supermarket: Gadis 150 m
Supermarket: Gadis 160 m

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