Barcelona has doubled the number of civic agents in the last year, with a reinforcement specifically focused on the city's most tourist areas. The measure appears in information dated 02/04/2026 and linked to the strictly local scope of the Catalan capital.
Reinforcement in the points with more tourist pressure
The increase of these personnel has been directed to the spaces in Barcelona with the highest concentration of visitors, where the presence of civic agents is considered a usual support to order flows, inform citizens, and contribute to coexistence in public spaces. The deployment is concentrated in the most tourist areas, without further details being available on the specific distribution by neighborhoods or districts.
A measure that gains weight in the city
The main novelty is the dimension of the increase. Barcelona has doubled the number of civic agents within a year, an evolution that places this service with greater presence on the ground compared to the previous year. The information disseminated about this action includes audiovisual material.
With this movement, the City Council reinforces a system oriented to the daily management of public space in a city where tourist pressure marks a good part of the activity in the street, especially in the enclaves with more influx of visitors.