5Cartagena

Cartagena, Spain: crime rate and Safety score

Safety 5 out of 10 Average crime

5/10 in Spain · 8/10 in the world

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

Weighted crime: 7,424 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	0.9	0.8
Attempted murder and homicide	14	6.3	3.1
Sexual offences
Sexual offences	77	34.9	48.2
Violence
Assault causing injury and brawls	149	67.5	65
Kidnapping	0	0	0.2
Robbery
Robbery with violence or threats	153	69.3	165.5
Theft and burglary
Burglary of homes, businesses and other premises	506	229.3	201.1
Theft	2,317	1,049.8	1,607.5
Taking without force or violence; robbery and burglary are counted on their own lines.
Vehicle theft	95	43	82
Drugs
Drug trafficking	77	34.9	53.7
Other
Other conventional crime	4,541	2,057.5	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.

7/10 Living 7 out of 10, compared with other places in the same country.

Raw score 9.8 out of 10, before ranking.

School: Patronato del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús 290 m
School: Colegio de Educación Infantil y Primaria Hermanos San Isidoro y Santa Florentina 560 m
School: Instituto de Educación Secundaria Jiménez de la Espada 720 m
School: Colegio de Educación Infantil y Primaria Hermanos San Isidoro y Santa Florentina (Infantil) 730 m
School: Escuela Municipal de Teatro 730 m
Bus stop: Calle Serreta 160 m
Bus stop: Calle Gisbert 190 m
Bus stop: El Lago 260 m
Railway station: Cartagena 620 m
Doctor or clinic: CLINICA GAIA 430 m
A&E: Hospital General Universitario Sta. María del Rosell 1.0 km
Supermarket: Supermercado C/Cañon 270 m
Supermarket: Dia 370 m

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