Property-crime concern is documented: in late June 2024, around 50 residents confronted three suspected burglars targeting a home in the evening, and the confrontation turned violent with injuries on both sides. The barri's old low-rise housing blocks (mid-demolition) have also had a recurring squatting problem, with several evictions of occupied buildings/warehouses. This points to a genuine burglary/property-crime and okupa pattern rather than crime targeting tourists. Sources checked: Regional wire report, June 2024; cronicaglobal.elespanol.com, Nov 2023; elcaso.elnacional.cat, Oct 2021.
el Bon Pastor — Barcelona, Spain
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No concerns found day
Average night
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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 Bon Pastor safe?
Wandroz currently rates el Bon Pastor in Barcelona as an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report during the day and roughly average compared 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 Bon Pastor safe at night?
At night, el Bon Pastor is rated as roughly average compared 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 Bon Pastor a good area to stay in as a tourist?
el Bon Pastor's day rating (an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report) is the more relevant one for typical daytime tourist activity; check the night rating too if you'll be out late. The Booking.com link on this page searches el Bon Pastor itself.
Is there official crime data for el Bon Pastor?
Not an official government crime feed — el Bon Pastor'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 Bon Pastor well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.
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