Girona closed 2025 with 437 traffic accidents with injuries, 22% more than the previous year, in a balance also marked by the increase in crimes against sexual freedom and robberies with force inside vehicles. The city also registered 8,143 crimes, 1.5% less than in 2024, according to data from the Municipal Police and the Mossos d'Esquadra presented by the City Council.
The 2025 security balance, made public this Friday and already presented at the end of January at the Local Security Board, places road accidents as one of the main focuses of concern. Compared to the 358 accidents with injuries in 2024, last year 437 were counted. The count leaves 450 minor injuries, 19 serious, and three fatal victims.
More accidents and focus on scooters and bicycles
One out of every four vehicles involved in accidents was a scooter or a bicycle, with 25% of the total, only behind passenger cars, which accounted for 48%. The most frequent accidents were side collisions, with 125 cases, and falls, with 104.
The Councillor for Coexistence and Security, Sílvia Aliu, warned that the upturn forces a reinforcement of traffic devices focused on personal mobility and pointed out that accidents are concentrated mainly on scooters. Despite the increase, the council highlights that Girona remains below the maximum of the last decade, reached in 2018 with 564 accidents.
"We have to put efforts back, especially in the traffic devices dedicated to scooters and bicycles" - Sílvia Aliu, councilor for Coexistence and Security of Girona
Aliu also demanded from the DGT that it allow sanctioning users who ride without a helmet. The municipal ordinance already includes that obligation for scooters, but the City Council still cannot fine for its non-compliance. The councilwoman defended that the helmet is essential because, in this type of vehicle, the person is the chassis itself.
Crimes go down, but sexual ones go up
In the criminal section, Girona closed 2025 with 8,143 crimes, 1.5% less than the 8,268 of the previous year. The predominant typology continued to be that of crimes against property, with 6,154 cases, 76% of the total. The thefts remained practically stable, going from 3,025 to 3,037 reports. Also accounted for were 810 damages to property and 399 frauds. Crimes in the digital sphere decreased by 5.8%, from 1,158 to 1,091.
The evolution was different in crimes against sexual freedom, which went from 89 to 99 cases, 11% more. Arrests linked to this typology grew from 44 to 57, 29%. Aliu specified that during the last year no sexual assault with penetration was registered in the city, although a rebound in cases in the domestic sphere was detected.
More thefts in cars and fewer violent assaults
Robberies with force grew by 6.1% in Girona, going from 1,052 incidents in 2024 to 1,116 in 2025. The increase was concentrated mainly in robberies inside vehicles, which rose by 17.5%. Those committed in establishments also rebounded, with an increase of 9.6%.
In contrast, robberies with force in homes decreased by 10.9%, and in businesses, by 41.4%. The increase in vehicles obliged to activate specific devices at the end of the year. One of the areas where this problem was detected was Sant Narcís, a neighborhood in which a security table was held with residents and police forces.
The behavior was different in robberies with violence or intimidation, which decreased by 24.2%, from 438 to 332 cases. In public spaces they fell from 325 to 248, and in establishments from 68 to 49. Aliu attributed this decrease to the greater police presence and the devices deployed during the last year.
More notices to 092 and fewer traffic fines
The Municipal Police received in 2025 a total of 56,900 requests from citizens, most of them through 092. Of that volume, 23,920 required police intervention. Services at the request of residents increased by 13.7% compared to the previous year, with a particularly sharp growth in notices related to traffic, 32%, and to citizen safety, 28.4%.
Traffic fines decreased by 21.6%, from 31,091 to 24,370. The municipal government disassociates this drop from less surveillance and attributes it to a redistribution of personnel. The Municipal Police force was expanded with two more officers and, furthermore, the Camp Borrassó police station has been put into operation.
The City Council maintains attention on the indicators that have worsened during the last year. The accident rate with scooters, the increase in crimes against sexual freedom, and thefts from vehicles are now among the main open fronts in Girona.