The adult and minor convicted population statistics from the National Statistics Institute (INE) for 2025 highlight a persistent gender gap in criminality in Spain and the Canary archipelago. Nationally, 97.6% of individuals added to the Central Registry of Sex Offenders were men. In the Canary Islands, there were 189 convictions for sexual offenses in 2025, a figure very similar to the previous year.
Sexual offenses in the islands saw a 25% increase, rising from 234 in 2024 to 293 in 2025. At the national level, sexual offenses committed by adults rose by 18.7%, including sexual assaults against minors and individuals aged 16 and over.
The social profile confirms that criminality has a marked gender component: eight out of every ten convicted individuals are men, for both adults and minors. In the Canary Islands, a total of 16,477 adults were convicted with a final sentence in 2025, a slight decrease compared to the previous year. The province of Las Palmas recorded 9,418 convictions, compared to 7,059 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
The predominant profile in the islands aligns with the national trend: 81.8% of those convicted are men (13,480) compared to 18.2% women (2,997). The age group with the highest incidence is between 41 and 50 years old, accounting for 3,916 individuals.
Regarding nationality, the majority of those convicted in the Canary Islands are Spanish (18,423 offenses), followed by citizens from America (1,838), Africa (1,334), and countries of the European Union (1,215).
Offenses against collective security were the most registered in 2025 in the Canary Islands (6,554), the vast majority related to road safety (6,024). These are followed by offenses against property and the socioeconomic order (6,412), with theft (3,267) and fraud (2,300) being prominent.
The INE statistics refer to final sentences registered in the Central Registry of Offenders during 2025 and reflect the impact of the 2015 Penal Code reform, which converted former misdemeanors into minor offenses.
