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Canary Islands crime and judicial statistics

Overview

Reports from the Canary Islands indicate diverging trends in different categories of violence and judicial efficiency. In 2025, the region saw a significant decline in filio-parental violence, with cases dropping by 50.45% compared to 2024. Specifically, the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife recorded an 82.14% decrease in such reports.

By the second quarter of 2026, data showed a 5.4% increase in gender violence complaints compared to the same period in 2025. The number of female victims rose to 2,714, resulting in a rate of 23.7 victims per 10,000 women.

During this same period, the judicial backlog in the archipelago grew by 5%, totaling 279,672 pending matters. Although new cases received decreased by 4%, pending procedures increased, most notably in criminal jurisdictions, which saw a 15% rise in pending cases.

Entities

Tenerife · Guardia Civil · General Council of the Judiciary · Ministerio del Interior · Canary Islands

Timeline

  1. [POLITICS] 4 sources
    Canary Islands judicial reports show rise in gender violence and pending cases

    Gender violence complaints in the Canary Islands rose 5.4% in Q2 2026, while total pending judicial matters in the region increased by 5% to nearly 280,000 cases.

  2. [CRIME] 2 sources
    Canary Islands reports 50% drop in filio-parental violence cases

    Filio-parental violence cases in the Canary Islands dropped by over 50% in 2025, with 222 reported cases compared to 448 in the previous year.

Sources

diariodeavisos.com · elburgado.com · elchaplon.com · galiciapress.es · ocio.farodevigo.es