Crime in Bilbao, Spain

Crime rates in Bilbao, Spain

Level of crime
54.55 Moderate
Crime increasing in the past 5 years
72.30 High
Worries home broken and things stolen
47.73 Moderate
Worries being mugged or robbed
53.91 Moderate
Worries car stolen
39.94 Low
Worries things from car stolen
47.71 Moderate
Worries attacked
51.92 Moderate
Worries being insulted
46.81 Moderate
Worries being subject to a physical attack because of your skin color, ethnic origin, gender or religion
32.86 Low
Problem people using or dealing drugs
52.85 Moderate
Problem property crimes such as vandalism and theft
54.89 Moderate
Problem violent crimes such as assault and armed robbery
50.76 Moderate
Problem corruption and bribery
49.02 Moderate

Safety in Bilbao, Spain

Safety walking alone during daylight
60.06 High
Safety walking alone during night
39.56 Low

Contributors: 240

Last update: December 2024

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 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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7 Comments so far
Vincent Moriarty on Nov 27, 2024:
Had 1 night in Bilbao. Attempted robbery by 3 young men hanging about outside clubs/cafes in city centre after obviously spotting I was a tourist. Robbery preventív by helpful bar owner & locals shouting at them. Shook me up. Made me suspicious of all the young guys hanging about. Just be careful.
Pedro A. on Sep 24, 2024:
I´ve been to Bilbao this summer and spend 3 days there in August.. I never felt unsafe, never seen anything sketchy at all. Clean streets, good vibes, great people overall. Stick to the central part of the city like I did, and you'll be just fine..
Anonymous on Mar 09, 2022:
It's Mikel again;

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.
Mikel on Mar 09, 2022:
So I am a young boy (20 years) from Donostia/San Sebastian now studying in Bilbao. I see that lot's of people have had trouble with crime in here, let my write what I think.

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.
Arrezteguieta on Feb 01, 2022:
It is truly sad to see what my Bilbao has turned into in just a decade. Nowadays it is practically a lawless land and the wors thing is that NOBODY seems to care, any sign of concern by the common citizen is frowned upon under the banner of "racism/fascism/xenophobia/etc". I wish I could go back to our better times.
Jeff ( London) on Sep 30, 2021:
We didn't expect this city to be so dangerous. Today at the train station at 5:00 p.m. they stabbed a 20-year-old young man and killed him. Very unsafe city.
Anonymous on Sep 14, 2021:
Idk but unfortunately due to the bad control of immigration in this region, crime is growing up so fast and it's insane. Be careful in the streets, and use common sense when you're going outside because there's a lot of robbery going on. Frequently, those who rob are young teenagers.