Is Santa Cruz de Tenerife safe?
Spain · Europe · data updated 2026-09-04
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a city in Spain, home to about 358k people, and one of 6,168 cities worldwide ranked on this site from published safety data. It currently ranks 482 of 6,168, with a safety score of 82.7 out of 100 - among the safest cities in this dataset.
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No official source names specific areas to avoid here: travel advisories for Spain are country-level, and no published dataset covers neighborhood-level crime - so this briefing does not invent it.
How safe is Santa Cruz de Tenerife really?
No published homicide figure exists for Santa Cruz de Tenerife itself, so the national rate stands in: Spain recorded 0.7 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024 - well below the global city median. The city itself may be safer or more dangerous than its country's average. Spain's income inequality is middling (Gini 33.4) - in this dataset inequality predicts city violence better than any other structural factor, so this neither raises nor lowers the picture much.
What the travel advisories say
The US State Department currently rates Spain at level 2 of 4 - "Exercise increased caution" (updated 2025-05-11). The UK Foreign Office publishes travel advice for Spain without any avoid-travel warning in force. Both advisories are country-level: no official source publishes verified neighborhood-level crime guidance for individual cities, which is why this page reports named areas only where an official source names them.
What to watch out for in Spain
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Topic headings from the official UK FCDO travel advice for Spain — country-level, not specific to Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Read what each one says →
The numbers
- Homicide rate
- 0.7 /100knational rate, 2024
- Conflict deaths
- 0within 100 km, 2022-2024 (UCDP)
- Income inequality
- Gini 33.4country, 2023
- Human development
- HDI 0.918country, 2023
- Income
- $59,830/yrGNI per capita PPP · context only, not scored
- Population
- 358kurban centre · 5,865/km²
- Nearest airport
- 6 kmTenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (TFN) · also TFS, 54 km
Straight-line distance from the city centre, not drive time. Scheduled-service airports only (OurAirports).
Country context for travelers
- Road deaths
- 3.9 /100kWHO, 2019 · often the biggest real travel risk
- Political stability
- 66/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · higher = more stable
- Rule of law
- 73/100World Bank WGI, 2024 · police and courts reliability
- Corruption perceptions
- 55/100Transparency International, 2025 · higher = cleaner
- Natural-hazard risk
- 2.5/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Women, Peace & Security
- 0.86Georgetown WPS Index, 2025 · 0-1, higher = better
- Air quality
- 10.1 µg/m³PM2.5 annual mean, 2023 · WHO guideline is 5
- Safely managed drinking water
- 100%of the population, 2024 · WHO/UNICEF JMP
- Healthcare capacity
- 4.3 doctors /1k2.9 hospital beds per 1,000
Natural hazards in Spain
- Flood
- 6.4/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Tsunami
- 4.6/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Drought
- 3.1/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
- Earthquake
- 2.9/10EU INFORM, 2026 · higher = riskier
Hazard types scoring under 1 out of 10 are not listed. These describe Spain as a whole, not Santa Cruz de Tenerife specifically.
Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Spain (as of 2025).
All country-level figures shared by every city in Spain; none of them affect the safety score.
How the score works
One fixed, calibrated mix for every city: 40% homicide · 25% peace · 25% equality · 10% HDI. Homicide and conflict deaths are measured outcomes; income inequality carries the structural share because it predicts real city violence far better than national income (which is shown above but scored at zero). Each factor maps to 0-100 against fixed anchors, missing data drops out and is never estimated, and cities with data behind less than half the weighting get “no data” instead of a score. For Santa Cruz de Tenerife that gives 82.7/100. Full methodology, anchors and sources →
Santa Cruz de Tenerife compared with Agadir
| Measure | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | Agadir | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safety score | 82.7 | 71.4 | +11.3 — better for Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Homicide ratecity-measured where published, otherwise the national rate | 0.7 /100k | 1.7 /100k | −0.9 /100k — better for Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Conflict deaths within 100 km | 0 | 0 | ±0 |
| Income inequality (Gini) | 33.4 | 39.5 | −6.1 — better for Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Human development (HDI) | 0.918 | 0.710 | +0.208 — better for Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Road deaths | 3.9 /100k | 17.0 /100k | −13.1 /100k — better for Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Rule of law | 73/100 | 51/100 | +22/100 — better for Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Corruption perceptions | 55/100 | 39/100 | +16/100 — better for Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Air quality (PM2.5) | 10.1 µg/m³ | 18.7 µg/m³ | −8.6 µg/m³ — better for Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Natural-hazard risk | 2.5/10 | 4.3/10 | −1.8/10 — better for Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
Differences are plain arithmetic between the two stored figures — nothing is modelled. Country-level rows describe the two countries, not the cities themselves. Full report for Agadir →
Nearby cities
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 82.7
- Funchal, Portugal 82.3
- Dakhla, Western Sahara n/a
- Guelmim, Morocco 71.4
- Agadir, Morocco 71.4
- Aït Melloul, Morocco 71.4
- Safi, Morocco 71.4
- Nouadhibou, Mauritania 77.7
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