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Neighborhood

Sants

Sants grew from a rural settlement into an industrial town, retaining a strong shopping tradition along its old main road. [1]

Life in the area

Local character and landmarks

Former factories now serve other purposes: Vapor Vell became a library, while Espanya Industrial gave way to a public park. [1]

Sources and review date
  1. The old center of Sants and Hostafrancs · Turisme de BarcelonaChecked:

The area in numbers

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

Crime

Reported crime

95per 1,000 residents

District: Sants-Montjuïc

Period: Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

+5.5% 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
41.1
Robbery with violence
8.1
Burglary
4.2
Vehicle crime
7
Assault
5.3

Income

Disposable household income

€25,459per person / year

Period: 2023

-2.3% vs Barcelona

Barcelona: €26,069
Sources and methodology

Ajuntament de Barcelona

Renda disponible de les llars per càpita

Rent

€1,005per month

Rental prices · registered contracts

Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026

-12.4% vs Barcelona

Barcelona: €1,147

€16.6 per m² / month

Contracts in 12 months: 912

Sources and methodology

INCASOL

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

Buy

€4,691per m² · used homes

Purchase prices · registered used-home sales

Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026

-3.9% vs Barcelona

Barcelona: €4,879

Transactions in 12 months: 369

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 2,028 buildings with data
Mixed-use buildings0%0 of 35 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

41.5per 1,000 residents

Period: 2025

-5.9% vs Barcelona

Barcelona: 44.1

Perceived insecurity

15.6%

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

42 years

Period: 2026

Barcelona: 43 years
AgeSantsBarcelona
<1812%13.4%
18–246.8%7.4%
25–4435.1%31.3%
45–6426.4%26.8%
65+19.7%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 Sants

Residential buildings · 2,028

Median recorded construction year
1936Known for 2028 of 2028 buildings in this group.
Median above-ground levels
6Known for 2026 of 2028 buildings in this group.
Recorded construction periods
PeriodBuildingsShare of known years
Before 19401,10454.4%
1940–197961430.3%
1980–19991939.5%
2000–2009864.2%
2010 and later311.5%

Renovation records are linked to 152 of 2028 buildings in this group.

Energy evidence in this group of 2028: whole-building class for 340; unit-certificate median class for 1231.

High or very high modeled tourist pressure: 0 of 2028 buildings with data (2028 in this group).

Mixed-use buildings · 35

Median recorded construction year
1936Known for 35 of 35 buildings in this group.
Median above-ground levels
4Known for 35 of 35 buildings in this group.
Recorded construction periods
PeriodBuildingsShare of known years
Before 19401954.3%
1940–19791028.6%
1980–199938.6%
2000–200938.6%
2010 and later00%

Renovation records are linked to 1 of 35 buildings in this group.

Energy evidence in this group of 35: whole-building class for 5; unit-certificate median class for 19.

High or very high modeled tourist pressure: 0 of 35 buildings with data (35 in this group).

Sources, coverage and calculation

The published sample contains 2214 buildings. Residential and mixed-use buildings are shown separately; 151 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