When deciding where to live, many factors are taken into account, such as the budget you have to buy or rent, the distance to the workplace, transportation. But there are also other no less important considerations such as the feeling of security in our environment and the tranquility that living in a place that has guarantees gives.
In an analysis of this degree of security and tranquility, the informative plan We are sure, developed by the Insurance Business Association (UNESPA), has developed a study to evaluate which is the safest large municipality in Spain. The study has taken into account three elements with which he works on a daily basis and that may have an insurance policy: theft at home, in a shop or in the car, traffic accidents and fires.
After analyzing the three comparisons, Albacete is at the head of the safest cities in the country, although it does not lead any of the three classifications analyzed by the study. The point that has the most weight in the overall score among the municipalities is the probability of a robbery, whether in a home, a business or a vehicle, since it is usually the most frequent crime.
The municipalities where it is less common to see a robbery are San Cristóbal de la Laguna, on the island of Tenerife, Pontevedra and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. In fact, the Tenerife population, known for hosting the University of the province, occupies the second place in the general classification.
Regarding road safety, the population with less likely to suffer a traffic accident in the urban environment is San Sebastián, followed by Zaragoza and Orihuela (Alicante). Finally, among the cities where it is less common for a vehicle or property to suffer a fire, another Tenerife town, Arona, appears in the lead, followed by Torrevieja and Orihuela, both in the province of Alicante.
“In the analysis of national data, less weight has been given to the block of fires because they constitute a less common event, although when they do occur they tend to cause particularly serious mishaps,” they clarify from UNESPA.
Large capitals such as Barcelona (46) Madrid (53) or Valencia (64) they occupy half of the table in the general safety ranking. At the bottom of this classification of municipalities with more than 75,000 inhabitants are different towns such as Alcalá de Guadaira and Dos Hermanas, both in Seville, next to the capital of Seville itself. In addition to others such as Jerez de la Frontera, Chiclana or Algeciras, all three in Cádiz, Parla in Madrid or Mataró in Barcelona. The ten are completed by provincial capitals such as Malaga, Murcia or Lleida.
Affordable prices among the safest municipalities
After the study carried out by We Are Safe, we can analyze how the market for the sale and rental of homes is in these 100 cities with the data from the latest price report from idealista, the main real estate marketplace in southern Europe.
Among the highest prices of homes for sale that can be seen in provincial capitals such as San Sebastián (4,936 euros / m2), Barcelona (3,989 euros / m2), Madrid (3,760 euros / m2), Palma (3,055 euros / m2) or Bilbao (3,028 euros / m2) other cities like Sant Cugat del Vallés slip in (3.913 euros / m2), Getxo (3,499 euros / m2), Marbella (3,274 euros / m2) and Pozuelo de Alarcón (3,233 euros / m2), among the safest in the country.
On the contrary, in these analyzed localities, the most affordable prices are in Talavera de la Reina, in Toledo (743 euros / m2), in El Ejido, in Almería (1,004 euros / m2); in the Murcian town of Lorca (1,008 euros / m2), in Algeciras, in Cádiz (1,045 euros / m2) or in Gandía, in Valencia (1,050 euros / m2). Among the safest provincial capitals in Spain with the most affordable prices are Murcia (1,065 euros / m2), Lleida (1,073 euros / m2) or Huelva (1,093 euros / m2).
Among the top 10 safest cities, all localities are below the average house price in Spain, which is at 1,826 euros / m2, except in the municipality of Getxo, one of the most expensive, previously named, and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with 2,012 euros / m2.
The first three in the security ranking, Albacete (1,350 euros / m2), San Cristóbal de La Laguna (1,229 euros / m2) and Palencia (1,332 euros / m2) are, however, interspersed in housing prices for sale with Ciudad Real (1,129 euros / m2), Lugo (1,246 euros / m2) and Ourense (1,448 euros / m2). They are followed by Pontevedra (1,641 euros / m2) and Salamanca (1,684 euros / m2).
Regarding the interannual evolution in the safest cities in Spain, Rivas-Vaciamadrid is the town where the average house price has grown the most with 13.7%, followed by Castellón de la Plana (13.1%); Avilés (11.1%) or Lleida (10.4%). On the other hand, the municipalities that have fallen the most among those analyzed have been San Sebastián de los Reyes, in Madrid (-6.5%), Seville (-4.8%), El Puerto de Santa María and Santa Coloma de Gramanet (both with -4.7%) and Hospitalet de Llobregat (-4%).
On the other hand, among the first in the ranking of safest cities there are seven rises and three falls. Only Lugo (-3%), Palencia (-2.4%) and Ciudad Real (-0.7%) fell, while Albacete rose 2.6%, and San Cristóbal de La Laguna (3.5%) , like Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, both only behind Pontevedra (5.2%).
Rents fall in more than half of the cities
In the rental market, the highest average rents are those already known in Barcelona (14.6 euros / m2 / month), Madrid and San Sebastián (both with 14.5 euros / m2 / month), but there are also the high prices of San Cugat (13 euros / m2 / month) and Hospitalet de Llobregat (12.5 euros / m2 / month), both locations in Barcelona, those of Bilbao (12.2 euros / m2 / month) or Pozuelo de Alarcón ( 11.9 euros / m2 / month) in Madrid.
The safest cities in the UNESPA ranking have affordable rents such as those of Albacete (6.4 euros / m2 / month), San Cristóbal de la Laguna (7.8 euros / m2 / month) or Palencia (6 euros / m2 / month). Among the cheapest rents in the cities analyzed appear again Talavera de la Reina (5.2 euros / m2 / month) or Lorca (5.4 euros / m2 / month), now next to Ciudad Real (5.5 euros / m2 / month), Cáceres or Elche (both with 5.6 euros / m2 / month).
In addition to the price drops already known in the most important cities such as Madrid (-10.9%) or Barcelona (-10% year-on-year), or Malaga (-6.1%), there are the decreases in Catalan towns such as Santa Coloma de Gramenet (-9.7%), Hospitalet de Llobregat (-9.2%) or Rubí (-8.1%), in addition to Orihuela (-7.5%), in Alicante, or Palencia (-7 %). On the other hand, the highest increase among the study locations stands out in Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz (20.6%); Torrent (8.2%), in Valencia; Alcalá de Guadaira (6.6%), in Seville; Gandía (6.2%) or Las Rozas de Madrid (6.1%).
Of the 10 safest cities, Albacete has seen an increase in the supply of rental income by 3.8%, only behind Lugo (3.9%). Of the ‘top ten’ fall Palencia (-7%), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (-1.6%) Pontevedra (-1.1%) or Salamanca (-0.3%).
Safety study methodology
We are Insurance has taken as a reference the data collected by the insurance sector corresponding to the years 2019 and 2020, according to the risk analyzed and the most recent information available at the time of making the report.
In the comparison, only municipalities with more than 75,000 inhabitants have been taken into consideration. In order to facilitate the elaboration of the classification, the probability of suffering a mishap has been reflected with a grade out of 10. A higher rating therefore corresponds to a safer city.
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