Crime in Bilbao, Spain
Crime rates in Bilbao, Spain
| Level of crime | 55.35 | Moderate | |
| Crime increasing in the past 3 years | 73.53 | High | |
| Worries home broken and things stolen | 50.15 | Moderate | |
| Worries being mugged or robbed | 55.40 | Moderate | |
| Worries car stolen | 42.35 | Moderate | |
| Worries things from car stolen | 49.02 | Moderate | |
| Worries attacked | 54.80 | Moderate | |
| Worries being insulted | 49.08 | Moderate | |
| Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion | 35.60 | Low | |
| Problem people using or dealing drugs | 54.87 | Moderate | |
| Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft | 56.05 | Moderate | |
| Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery | 52.14 | Moderate | |
| Problem corruption and bribery | 51.31 | Moderate |
Safety in Bilbao, Spain
| Safety walking alone during daylight | 57.61 | Moderate | |
| Safety walking alone during night | 37.84 | Low |
Contributors: 202
Last update: November 2023
These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 3 years.
If the value is 0, it means it is perceived as very low, and if the value is 100, it means it is perceived as very high.
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If you are planning on visiting Bilbao, you may want to think that again. Im not speaking about crime now.
If what you are willing to do is getting to know the basque culture or just relax and get to know new places, I strongly suggest you go to San Sebastian or nearby. It is a much smaller town, with incredible beaches and basque culture has not died as much there as it has in Bilbao. You could then go visit other small towns in the coast from there, or either go inside and visit some towns and do some hiking around the mountains there. Basque culture and language is significantly better conserved in these smaller towns.
It's just my opinion. You haven't got that much things to do in Bilbao except from visiting Guggenheim.
My experience so far has been good, but it has obviously somehting to do with my nationality. It is a common sense thing in here to avoid some neighbourhoods, the dangerous ones (San Francisco for example) you can sense when the environment is dangerous and you are not in a safe place.
There is a big problem concerning criminal immigrants in Spain. It has nothing to do with racism but with laws. Most of them come here being young, and as crime (robbery) is not punished hardly, it becomes a way of life for them. That's why they are mostly under 30. Avoid them specially at night or in crowded places.
I have been going out at night almost every week and had no worries about safety, except from some pickpocketers at night, which we could identify and easily avoid.
To sum up, your biggest problem being tourists, which can usually be detected by criminals, will be robbery, which can be easily avoided: if someone looks dangerous or strange just avoid them. Now, if something happens to you, have no doubt in calling the police, even though they sometimes act stupid, corruption is not a common thing and they will try to help you.
Sorry for not providing any information in racial/sexual problems, I've had none of them.