Genuine property-crime risk documented here: a €500,000 Richard Mille watch was snatched from a tourist on Passeig de Gràcia in December 2023 by an organized scooter gang (3Cat), and Mossos' specialist anti-watch-robbery unit has repeatedly targeted this area. Tourist apartments are also a specific burglary target — Mossos arrested one man for 51 break-ins into holiday flats across Eixample and Sant Martí. Betevé (Feb 2024) also reported heavy resident complaints about all-night tourist-flat parties — an incivility issue more than a threat to visitor safety. No evidence found of violent street crime against pedestrians specifically in this barri. Sources checked: 3Cat; Govern.cat (Mossos press release); Betevé, Feb 2024.
la Dreta de l'Eixample — Barcelona, Spain
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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 la Dreta de l'Eixample safe?
Wandroz currently rates la Dreta de l'Eixample in Barcelona as roughly average compared to other neighbourhoods in Barcelona, both by day and after dark. 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 la Dreta de l'Eixample safe at night?
At night, la Dreta de l'Eixample 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 la Dreta de l'Eixample a good area to stay in as a tourist?
la Dreta de l'Eixample'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 Eixample, not la Dreta de l'Eixample 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 la Dreta de l'Eixample?
Not an official government crime feed — la Dreta de l'Eixample'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 la Dreta de l'Eixample well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.
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