This is the one Sant Martí barri repeatedly flagged in real press/analysis as a higher-crime area. An idealista.com analysis (Feb 2026), citing Mossos data and 2025 security studies, lists it among Barcelona's most-flagged neighbourhoods for higher-than-average thefts, robberies, vandalism and fights, and references a shooting investigated nearby in August 2025. Earlier coverage documents a masked gang using crowbars to force entry into homes over roughly two years, a dismantled stolen-phone resale ring, and residents publicly protesting insecurity since at least 2021, including concern about spillover from shootings in the adjacent La Mina estate. Sources checked: idealista.com, 9 Feb 2026; Metrópoli Abierta, 25 Jan 2023 / 1 Oct 2021.
el Besòs i el Maresme — Barcelona, Spain
🟡 Local-source safety assessment · 73 areas reviewed individually Methodology →
Average day
Higher caution advised night
In detail
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This rating comes from a structured local-source assessment. This specific area was reviewed against credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — and the signals were consolidated across sources rather than taken from any single report, with the reasoning and the sources shown above. Barcelona publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does publish one, Wandroz uses it instead of an assessment. Where a review finds nothing documented, that is recorded as no findings rather than as a safety rating.
Frequently asked questions
Is el Besòs i el Maresme safe?
Wandroz currently rates el Besòs i el Maresme in Barcelona as roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Barcelona during the day and an area where the data suggests extra caution relative to other neighbourhoods in Barcelona at night. This comes from a structured local-source assessment: an area-level review of credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — consolidated across sources rather than taken from a single report. Barcelona publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does, Wandroz uses it instead.
Is el Besòs i el Maresme safe at night?
At night, el Besòs i el Maresme is rated as an area where the data suggests extra caution relative to other neighbourhoods in Barcelona. If you're unsure, it's worth checking recent local reviews for your specific street or block, since a neighbourhood-wide rating can't capture block-by-block variation.
Is el Besòs i el Maresme a good area to stay in as a tourist?
el Besòs i el Maresme's day rating (roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Barcelona) is the more relevant one for typical daytime tourist activity; check the night rating too if you'll be out late. Note that the Booking.com link on this page searches Sant Martí, not el Besòs i el Maresme specifically: Booking does not list this neighbourhood as a destination of its own, so check each property's address against the map above.
Is there official crime data for el Besòs i el Maresme?
Not an official government crime feed — el Besòs i el Maresme's rating comes from Wandroz's own current local/national press and survey research for this specific area instead (see the note on this page for what was checked and the sources used). An absence of recent negative coverage is treated as inconclusive, not as proof the area is safe. If you live in or know el Besòs i el Maresme well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.
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