Foreign nationals accounted for 78.7% of the 21,808 people arrested in Barcelona, Spain, in 2024, according to Catalan police figures.

Foreign nationals accounted for 90.8% of theft arrests, 83.5% of violent robbery arrests, 74.2% of drug trafficking arrests, 73% of sexual assault arrests, and 59.1% of homicide and murder arrests.

Moroccan and Algerian nationals alone represented approximately 30% of arrests in the wider Barcelona area.

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