🇵🇹 Vila Nova de Gaia — Crime Statistics
Overview
Vila Nova de Gaia's overall crime rate of 999.3 per 100K (3,122 total) is 1.2× the Norte average, ranking 7th highest among Norte's 86 districts. The most reported crime category is theft.
Crime Breakdown by Category
| Category | Count | Rate per 100K | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theft | 1,564 | 500.6 | crimes registados |
| Assault | 1,558 | 498.7 | crimes registados |
Source Dataset Categories
Each category above aggregates the following original data from the source dataset:
Homicide
Registered crimes (crimes registados) from police forces
- 111
Note: Only includes completed (consumado) voluntary homicide. Very sparse at municipality level — only 6 municipalities had homicides in 2024.
Assault
Registered crimes (crimes registados) from police forces
- 12
Note: Broad assault parent category. Includes bodily harm, domestic violence, and other offences against physical integrity. Available for 306 of 308 municipalities.
Theft
Registered crimes (crimes registados) from police forces
- 28211_2840
- 2831_2832
Note: Partial coverage: 224 municipalities for purse snatching, 274 for vehicle theft. Municipalities with suppressed values (confidentiality) excluded from sum.
Not Tracked
The following source dataset categories are not included in the statistics above:
- Total registered crimes (aggregate) (T — Total de crimes registados) — Aggregate total — used only for population derivation, not a crime category
- Against patrimony in general (fraud, extortion) (22 — Contra o património em geral) — Financial crimes — not mapped to any of the 6 MOC categories
- Crimes against life in society (includes drug offenses, but not separately extractable) (3 — Contra a vida em sociedade) — Broad aggregate — drug offenses buried within, cannot cleanly extract
- Crimes against the State (corruption, obstruction of justice) (4 — Contra o Estado) — Not one of the 6 MOC categories
Not all crime types from the source dataset are included in the categories above. Only the categories listed are tracked.
Nearby Areas
Data Disclaimer
Source: INE / DGPJ — Registered crimes by NUTS-2024 municipality & crime category Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Data may be delayed by up to 3 months from the reporting period.
Coverage: Crime data from INE indicator 0012261 (absolute counts, NUTS-2024) based on DGPJ records. Population derived from count/rate ratio using indicator 0012260 (rates per ‰). Boundaries from CAOP (DGT Portugal).
https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0012261&contexto=bd&selTab=tab2
Data Quality Notes
- ⚠️ WarningRobbery and sexual assault categories not availableConsider using DGPJ interactive statistics portal for more granular categories in future versions.
- ⚠️ WarningSmall municipalities have suppressed data for rare crimesRegion and country aggregates are complete. Municipality-level homicide data should be interpreted with caution — missing ≠ zero.
ℹ️ Note (3)
- 2024 data is provisionalRe-run converter after final 2024 data publication for definitive figures.
- NUTS 2024 revision — 9 NUTS 2 regions (not 7)No action needed — using current official NUTS 2024 boundaries.
- Population derived from rate/count ratioPopulation figures are consistent with INE's rate computation methodology.
Cite This Data
Use the following citation when referencing this data:
Map of Crimes. (2025). Vila Nova de Gaia — Crime Statistics. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://mapofcrimes.com/en/crime/portugal/norte/vila-nova-de-gaia/ "Vila Nova de Gaia — Crime Statistics." Map of Crimes, 2025, mapofcrimes.com/en/crime/portugal/norte/vila-nova-de-gaia/. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026. @misc{mapofcrimes2025vila-nova-de-gaia,
author = {{Map of Crimes}},
title = {Vila Nova de Gaia — Crime Statistics},
year = {2025},
url = {https://mapofcrimes.com/en/crime/portugal/norte/vila-nova-de-gaia/},
urldate = {2026-10-04},
note = {Online crime statistics dataset}
}