Violence against women, settling scores, fights between friends, and even crimes committed by Russian spies. With a total of 20 murders in the province of Alicante in 2024, it has been a very busy year for homicide detectives. These murders are among the worst and most varied ever recorded.
The sudden rise in the worst kinds of violence has caused the number of murders to rise by at least 82% since 2023, when there were only 11 deaths.
The Ministry of the Interior’s cold statistics show a full range of events that happened last year, including different types of crimes, attackers, victims, reasons, and ways to commit them.
Not only is this the highest number in the last nine years, but it also makes 2024 the second worst year on record. Only 2015, with 30 deaths, was worse, and that year was the all-time high for violent crime in the province.
The rise in crime isn’t just happening in Alicante. The number of murders and deliberate homicides in the Valencian Community rose by 64.7% in 2024, from 34 cases in 2023 to 56 cases in 2024.
If Alicante fails, things will get even worse in Valencia, where the number of murders will rise by a frightening 89%, from 18 in 2023 to 34 in 2024.
While most of its nearby provinces are going down, Castellón is the only one that is going up. In fact, it has dropped 60%, which is a big surprise. There were only two cases in Castellón, compared to five in 2023.
End of the year rush
There were a lot of killings at the end of last year, which skewed the numbers. Another case was the murder of Cloe, which was one of the worst sex crimes in recent history.
The 15-year-old girl was stabbed in the neck in Orihuela Costa at the end of November by “El Rayo,” who is 17 years old. She is the youngest victim and killer of gender violence in Alicante since records began.
A man from Northern Ireland named John George was added to the list after it was found that drug dealers had killed him in Rojales. He had been missing since December.
Villajoyosa has had up to three murders in 2024. In the last month of the year, there was also a murder there.
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