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Guns, drug trafficking and gang violence are all over the place. Spain – unfortunately – is home to a string of neighbourhoods where crime is part of daily life. Police flag certain districts, from Barcelona to Sevilla, as being among the most dangerous in the country.  Even though Spain is one of the safer countries in Europe, pockets of deprivation …

HEAD to Barcelona for a holiday and the advice is almost always the same – beware of the pickpockets, hide your valuables and keep your wits about you after dark. Could it be that the Catalan Capital’s reputation for being a crime hotspot is unfair? According to new statistics released by the Barcelona Local Security Board, crime rates have fallen …