Local news shows a cluster of violent incidents in 2025-2026: a youth was stabbed during an attempted robbery (23 Oct 2025), three minors were arrested for stabbing an adolescent in a separate robbery attempt (12 Nov 2025), and a shooting led to four arrests (5 May 2023). Repeated container arsons have fuelled resident fear of a 'serial arsonist'. These incidents mostly involve local youths/residents rather than tourists, but the frequency of knife violence tied to theft attempts is a genuine night-time concern. Sources checked: barnadiario.com, Oct 2025-Aug 2026.
el Guinardó — Barcelona, Spain
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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 Guinardó safe?
Wandroz currently rates el Guinardó 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 Guinardó safe at night?
At night, el Guinardó 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 Guinardó a good area to stay in as a tourist?
el Guinardó'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 Horta-Guinardó, not el Guinardó 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 Guinardó?
Not an official government crime feed — el Guinardó'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 Guinardó well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.
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