Romania vs Spain, Spain is clearly worse crime wise. https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=Romania&country2=Spain https://www.numb

Romania vs Spain, Spain is clearly worse crime wise. https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=Romania&country2=Spain https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_countries_result.jsp?co... When you compare Bucharest (the capital city) with Barcelona, Barcelona fares a lot worse. https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Romania&country2=Spain&city1=Bucharest&city2=Barcelona https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Rom... Index Info Bucharest | Barcelona Crime Index: 28.48 | 45.08 Safety Scale: 71.52 | 54.92 I know, by reputation the Balkan Region doesn't look good, but when you look at the data it paints a totally different picture. My hunch is that a lot of petty thieves types have moved into Western Europe as the business is more lucrative there.