Peaceful and quiet life in the municipalities of Álava It is reflected in the list of the vast majority that have a crime rate per thousand inhabitants well below the territorial or Euskadi averages. Only seven Álava municipalities exceed the average of 57.23 crimes per thousand inhabitants of the territory.
At the opposite end of the fork and as the safest municipality in Álava, knightly occupies the first position. The only three crimes registered last year give it a rate of 15.38 per thousand. Lanciego follows closely behind with a rate of 16.57, as a reflection of the dozen criminal offenses last year, he is in the second step. Complete the list of safest Alava municipalities I started with 18.28. By a handful of tenths it relegates Moreda de Álava to fourth place with a rate of 18.52 per thousand inhabitants. Bernedo occupies the fifth step with 19.64 and below that barrier of twenty crimes per thousand. Less than a point and a half separates Campezo’s third place (18.28) with Bernedo’s fifth place, where there were 11 criminal offenses last year.
In the classification of Alava municipalities With the highest crime rate per thousand inhabitants, Añana leads this section and easily exceeds the average for the territory to stand at 89.74 per thousand inhabitants. Despite being high, this final rate was reached as a result of the 14 complaints filed last year and starting from the low base of only four that were registered in 2021. A short numerical distance, but physically remote, in Rioja Alavesa, Leza ranks second with a rate of 87.56 crimes per thousand. As in the previous case, having gone from five complaints in 2021 to 19 in the past twelve months, their rate is above 87 crimes per thousand. Arrazua-Ubarrundia completes this singular podium with a rate of 81.47 per thousand inhabitants. In this case, there is a drop of 5.84 points as a result of the fact that the number of complaints dropped from 88 in 2021 to 84.
The interior it ranks as the fourth municipality with the highest rate in Álava, reaching a rate of 68.93. In this municipality, the increase in complaints went from 35 in 2021 to 63 in the year on which the report focuses. The quintet of Zigoitia municipalities completes with 66.41 and as a direct consequence of having gone from a hundred complaints to 121.
In the case of the most populated municipalities in Álava, such as Llodio or Amurrio its crime rate per thousand inhabitants remains well below the average for the territory. Amurrio reaches 27.14 and Laudio’s rate is somewhat higher, reaching 37.53.