Rape and cyber offences up in Costa del Sol as crime increases by 21%
Crime has increased again in the province of Malaga, maintaining similar trends in recent years. The number of criminal offences rose by 20.9% last year compared to 2021 where 91,971 offences were recorded, and by 14% compared to 2019. The latest data released by the Ministry del Interior also showed that the crimes that had risen the most were rapes, burglaries, and cyber crimes.
Rapes increased by 85.7% with a total of 91, while in 2021 there were nearly 50. According to the figures, an average of one rape took place in Malaga every five days in 2022.
Cybercrime in Malaga increased by 33.8% compared to 2021, but that increase was even greater compared to 2019, with an increase of 81.7%. There were 6,550 cases recorded in Malaga in the year before the pandemic, but that number soared to 11,902 in 2022 with an average of 33 criminal offences were committed every day, and most were fraud offences.
Another of the crimes which rose considerably in the Costa del Sol were attempted murders. The figures showed a 186.4% increase in 2022 compared to 2019, going from 22 cases to 63.
Overall, thefts were the most committed crime with 25,202 cases, 8,012 of which took place in homes.
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