Crime in Spain - Is that Bad ???
 

This one should run a bit !!! REMEMBER THOUGH that CRIME IS A WORLDWIDE ISSUE and NOT JUST IN SPAIN !!! PERSPECTIVE PLEASE

PLUS WE IMPORT CRIME - I do not believe for one minute that it's always the Moroccans or eastern Europeans - I'm fairly confident the odd Ex-pat partakes in crime, dodgy deals, tax evasion, floating driving laws, planning permission and stealing (ahem!! builder's materials )...

Only the other day a neighbour had her pool pump stolen in the night (house is unoccupied most of the time ) !!! And rumour is that it's someone local !!!

The "have-nots" (or unscrupulous) will always take from the "haves" wherever you leave temptation.

I'm not a religious man but "let those that have not sinned.... " comes to mind.

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It depends where you live. I leave my house unlocked all day, my laptop unattended on the porch, never lock the cars, cultivator, mixer, strimmer, etc outdoors and have not had a theft in 7 years. The opposite end of the spectrum, of course, is Torrevieja which, per capita, is the crime capital of Spain.

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Me too - tempting fate to mention it, but my OH has palpitations when I say I've gone out in the car & not only is the house unlocked but the doors wide open & sometimes the laptop on the outside table! Only place I ever had something stolen from in the country was an ornamental cherry tree (yes, you read right) towed out of the ground outside our house in Suffolk.

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In it´s defence, Torrevieja has calmed down a lot. I live in Playa Flamenca and we have no trouble here. It´s like any urban area, you have your nice parts and your not so nice parts.

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You missed out the Spanish, many think ex-pats are rich and fair game.

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Its the bloody police .... they commit minor crimes against extranjeros all the time :frown:

VERY recently a friend was looking at 3 month in jail because he had a NZ driving license and even tho he has spanish friends to help ... they put him in jail :eek: with court the next day.... eventually it did get sorted but they just don't listen to you ... you're guilty unitil proved otherwise.

they regularly commit abuses of power...it's like a natural thing with them :curse:

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Somebody I know was burgled a month ago - they woke up feeling sick and had been gassed - it's that sort of crime that concerns me because I've not heard of that in the UK.

When you have a young family those sorts of stories do worry you.

I wonder with the credit crisis turning into a depression what effect that will have - just how desperate will people become? Will people end up leaving Spain becuase of a huge surge in violent crime?

How do people think the police are doing? Are they getting a handle on the crimespots?

Mark

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Only a Euro licence is valid, others need a driving permit accompaniment and then they can only be used for a certain amount of time, then they would have to take a Spanish test.
Driving without a licence has been moved up to a criminal offence and a possible jail sentence.

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There have been other threads on this gassing rubbish, do a search.

Re: Crime in Spain - Is that Bad ???
 

I wonder with the credit crisis turning into a depression what effect that will have - just how desperate will people become? Will people end up leaving Spain becuase of a huge surge in violent crime?

Mark[/QUOTE]

Isn't that one of the reasons why many people have left or are leaving the U.K.?

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But people are fighting back.... HERE

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gassing is a popular and highly effective way to steal.you administer the gas through any vents whilst they are sleeping.then they dont wake up while they are getting robbed.

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That's a load of rubbish, an internet myth. Has been debunked lots of time including on this forum.

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Im always telling people I have heard of little crime since we have been here last several years, but this week there has been a spate of burglaries on the mountain .... its regrettably being put down to the fruit pickers

Re: Crime in Spain - Is that Bad ???
 

Could it be the other way round? The "haves" (or unscrupulous) will always take from the "have nots" where ever you leave temptation.