L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, just south-west of Barcelona, recorded a 6.6% fall in criminal offences in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from Spain’s Ministry of the Interior.
The figures compare January to March 2026 with the same period in 2025. L'Hospitalet is Catalonia’s second-largest city and has more than 270,000 residents.
The drop suggests an improvement in public safety at the start of the year, although the data is only a snapshot. Local authorities use these figures to assess security measures and plan next steps.
L'Hospitalet is part of the wider Barcelona metropolitan area, so its crime trends matter to people across the city and nearby districts. For more local coverage, see our Community and Sport pages.
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Originally published by Diari Catalunya. Read original article.
