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Neighborhood

Vallcarca i els Penitents

Vallcarca i els Penitents has a landmark that explains its geography: the Vallcarca viaduct, built to improve the area’s connections. [1]

Life in the area

Local character and landmarks

The Penitents sector developed around streets near Ticià. Its history is distinct, although it now shares an administrative neighborhood with Vallcarca. [2]

Sources and review date
  1. The Vallcarca viaduct and the neighborhood · betevéChecked:
  2. Els Penitents · Enciclopèdia.catChecked:

The area in numbers

Latest available observations; each indicator has its own reporting period.

Crime

Reported crime

46.3per 1,000 residents

District: Gràcia

Period: Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

-48.5% vs Barcelona

Barcelona: 90
Sources and methodology

Available at district level, not measured separately for this neighborhood.

Shown as a count per 1,000 residents.

Mossos d'Esquadra

Theft
19.7
Robbery with violence
2.3
Burglary
4.4
Vehicle crime
3.3
Assault
2.3

Income

Disposable household income

€30,202per person / year

Period: 2023

+15.9% vs Barcelona

Barcelona: €26,069
Sources and methodology

Ajuntament de Barcelona

Renda disponible de les llars per càpita

Rent

€1,072per month

Rental prices · registered contracts

Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026

-6.5% vs Barcelona

Barcelona: €1,147

€16.8 per m² / month

Contracts in 12 months: 323

Sources and methodology

INCASOL

Contractual rents, not listing asking prices. The rolling value is weighted by registered contracts.

Buy

€5,077per m² · used homes

Purchase prices · registered used-home sales

Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026

+4.1% vs Barcelona

Barcelona: €4,879

Transactions in 12 months: 106

Sources and methodology

REGISTRADORES

Registered used-home transactions, not listing asking prices.

Tourists

Buildings with high or very high modeled tourist pressure

Residential buildings0%0 of 1,059 buildings with data
Sources and methodology

Tourist pressure classes use the existing Barcelona residential/mixed-building reference, not a ranking within this area. They model registered accommodation and proximity to activity areas, not measured visitors or noise.

Residential and mixed-use buildings are shown separately.

Model from map release barcelona-seo-reviewed-20261016.

ICAEN energy certificates

Barcelona tourist pressure model

Catastro bulk CAT — construction observations

Administrative boundaries

Catastro bulk CAT — construction observations

Safety

Local safety incidents

33.8per 1,000 residents

Period: 2025

-23.4% vs Barcelona

Barcelona: 44.1

Perceived insecurity

14.4%

Period: 2025

Modeled share of residents who feel their neighborhood is unsafe, based on survey data.
Sources and methodology

Police-managed safety and public-order incidents; this is not a crime count.

Guàrdia Urbana de Barcelona

Institut Metròpoli

2025 study; model inputs 2022-2024

Age structure

Median age

44 years

Period: 2026

Barcelona: 43 years
AgeVallcarca i els PenitentsBarcelona
<1814.7%13.4%
18–247.4%7.4%
25–4428.8%31.3%
45–6426.9%26.8%
65+22.1%21%
Sources and methodology

Ajuntament de Barcelona · Oficina Municipal de Dades

Published cells below five residents are suppressed by the source and excluded from calculated totals.

Buildings in Vallcarca i els Penitents

Residential buildings · 1,059

Median recorded construction year
1963Known for 1059 of 1059 buildings in this group.
Median above-ground levels
5Known for 1059 of 1059 buildings in this group.
Recorded construction periods
PeriodBuildingsShare of known years
Before 194020119%
1940–197962959.4%
1980–199914713.9%
2000–2009555.2%
2010 and later272.5%

Renovation records are linked to 47 of 1059 buildings in this group.

Energy evidence in this group of 1059: whole-building class for 239; unit-certificate median class for 391.

High or very high modeled tourist pressure: 0 of 1059 buildings with data (1059 in this group).

Mixed-use buildings · 2

At least 20 buildings are needed in this group.

Sources, coverage and calculation

The published sample contains 1119 buildings. Residential and mixed-use buildings are shown separately; 58 other or unclassified buildings are outside these groups.

All buildings assigned to this area in the published release are included, even without indexable pages. This is not a census of every building in the area. Groups use the recorded use classification.

Missing renovation records do not establish that no works took place. Records may cover only part of a building. Construction years can be approximate.

Unit certificate statistics do not certify the whole building; coverage varies. Missing records do not prove that a certificate does not exist.

Tourist pressure classes use the existing Barcelona residential/mixed-building reference, not a ranking within this area. They model registered accommodation and proximity to activity areas, not measured visitors or noise.

Medians and period shares need at least 20 known values. Above-ground levels include the ground floor.

Data release: barcelona-seo-reviewed-20261016 · territory-buildings-v1

Buildings with pages

Map release: barcelona-seo-reviewed-20261016