During the last month, I’ve moved to Barcelona after living in Lyon for the last 5 years. Being one of the prettiest Spanish cities, its popularity and location make it the perfect destination for tourists from all around the planet, but this reputation also has a “dark side”. No wonder Barcelona is known as the “Pickpocket Capital of the World”.
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Fortunately, either you are a worried citizen or a cautious tourist, by googling, you can find plenty of accurate data tables and maps showing the distribution of the crime data among the different city’s districts. On Mossos d’Esquadra’s web, for example, you can query and download detailed tables that contains reported crimes by category from the last years to present.