Crime Map of Spain

**Heat map of crime in Spain according to crime typology**

This app consists of a heat map that reflects the number of crimes committed every three quarters in more than 250 municipalities in Spain.

This helps to identify at a glance the territories and quarters with the highest and lowest criminal activity, as well as some of the most and least common typologies.

It has been carried out using official data both on total crimes in Spain and on some specific crimes; willful homicides and completed murders; intentional homicides and attempted murders; serious and less serious crimes of injury and riot; kidnappings; penetrative sexual assault; other crimes against sexual freedom and indemnity; robbery with violence and intimidation; robbery with force in homes, establishments and other facilities; robberies with force only in homes; thefts; vehicle thefts and drug trafficking.

This tool offers the possibility of carrying out different functionalities. First, it shows criminal activity divided into the four quarters of 2017, 2018, 2019, and the first two quarters of 2020, as well as total annual crimes. Second, a search can be carried out according to the territorial organization of the country: autonomous communities, provinces and municipalities (it includes the 244 most populated municipalities in Spain). You can also filter the number of crimes in absolute terms or per 100,000 inhabitants, as well as see the incidence of a specific crime or of several of them.

As is typical of maps, it has a legend that helps to visually identify areas with a higher or lower concentration of crime through colors. Likewise, this indicates the total and the average number of crimes (both in absolute terms and per 100,000 inhabitants). It is important to note that each quarter has a different legend because the number of crimes varies on the timeline. The highest number of crimes in a territory in a quarter will be the maximum reference value, and the other figures that are close to this maximum value will be indicated in red. In the same way, the lowest number of crimes in a territory in a quarter will be the minimum reference value, and the other figures that are close to this minimum value will appear green or almost transparent. The rest of the territories will follow the corresponding colors indicated in the legend according to the number of crimes committed (red, orange, yellow or green).