Tourists surveyed in Malaga: victimization, safety perception and opinions on crime prevention strategies.

• In Event: Victimization and Urban Insecurity: European Perspectives

Abstract

This presentation discusses the results of a survey on tourist victimization administered in Malaga city (Spain) along the year 2023, a work carried out by the COPO Network (University of Malaga). Due to the inaccessibility of official data and the scarce research on this topic, the COPO Network’s aim was to gather information on tourist victimization using a broad concept of tourist, which includes national and international visitors to the city. Tourists were inquired on their victimization experiences, their safety perception and fear of crime, their self-protection strategies, as well as their effectiveness perception about different crime prevention public strategies in place, such as the police presence in public spaces or the office for tourist assistance managed by the police. Geocodification of reported crimes along with the rest of the results will be discussed.

Authors

• Jose Becerra, Institute of Criminology. University of Malaga

• MARÍA IZCO, UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA