Barcelona yearly crime numbers increase 17 percent: The crimes in Barcelona increased by 9% in the first semester of 2019 and the arrests by 17.4%

  • In the district of Ciutat Vella, criminal acts have decreased during the months of May and June.
  • Violent and intimidating robberies increase by 31%.

Barcelona yearly crime numbers increase 17 percent

Barcelona has registered a 9% increase in criminal acts committed during the first semester of 2019 (115,014) and an increase of 17.4% in arrests (11,322) and of 6.8% in those investigated (35,597), according to data provided by Mossos d'Esquadra and Guardia Urbana in the Local Security Board this Friday. The criminal data show that in the district of Ciutat Vella the criminal acts have decreased during the months of May and June, and this district, next to that of the Eixample, is where half of the criminal acts that take place in the city are concentrated. Violent and intimidating robberies increase by 31% and, in this area, robberies with violence and intimidation in the street stand out, which grow up to 35%, while robberies increase by 8.4% and robberies with force in commercial establishments 66%. On the other hand, strong thefts in the home have experienced a continuous decline since the beginning of 2019 to stand at 16%, and has highlighted that 243 authors of robberies in flats have been detained and that different criminal groups specialized in this type of thefts. Violent robbery in the street He stressed that robberies with violence and / or intimidation in public spaces represent 3.6% of all criminal acts that occur in the Catalan capital, and researchers have detected that a part of them were initiated as thefts but have ended up being violent robberies. During the first semester of 2019, 4,207 robberies were reported with violence in the streets, 35% more than in 2018, and police forces increased arrests by more than 85% compared to the previous period, from 3,117 to 4,207 arrests -23 daily-. One of the modalities that have stood out in recent months is the theft of luxury watches, with 261 cases this semester and 87 arrests, most 'in fraganti', to which the 11 detainees are added this Thursday in a device against a criminal group specialized in violent robberies of watches. Theft Thefts account for 58% of the events that happen in the city: 35% of them spend in public space, 33% in public transport and 28% in shops, crimes that have been maintained for the last three months. a "stable" trend, with data similar to those of previous periods. During the first semester of 2019 there were 67,276 robberies, 8.4% more than in the same period of 2018, which means an average of 365 robberies a day, in an area where arrests have increased by 34% until the 3.093, an average of 17 daily arrests, most 'in fraganti'. Likewise, crimes against people experience a decrease of 0.6%; Assaults and sexual abuse increase by 6%, standing at 330 events and 105 arrests, while in this semester there have been three homicides, and in one of them the perpetrator has been arrested. Anti-drug operations They recalled that since 2017 has been dismantled in Ciutat Vella 219 points of sale of drugs and have made 298 arrests, and stressed that the Suricat operation last June dismantled 36 'Narcophones' and involved the arrest of 53 people . The Polièdric Action Plan in the field of unaccompanied foreign minors has involved the implementation of the Polièdric Operative Work System (STOP) with plainclothes agents who have made 551 arrests. Likewise, plainclothes officers who patrol areas of the city in which more crimes are detected, especially robberies and robberies, have made 551 arrests in 2019, among which there are some habitual criminals and foreign minors.