Car thefts are crimes more typically associated with the past, but they have returned in force in Ibiza and across the Balearic archipelago, according to the senior chief of the National Police in the Balearic Islands, José Luis Santafé.
“New times are coming, and there are criminals who have gone back to the past and returned to stealing from cars. Most of the time they do not take anything, because people do not leave valuables inside their vehicles, but it is a nuisance for citizens. We are very sorry about this and are doing everything we can to combat it”, he warned in statements reported by Europa Press.
Santafé issued this warning during the traditional Christmas reception with the media in Palma, adding that thefts from vehicles involve “a type of crime that is very difficult to categorise in terms of criminal liability” and one that “had practically disappeared”.
In this regard, he acknowledged that 2025, a year that “has not been bad”, is closing with a “slight increase” in reports related to low-intensity crimes, particularly thefts. He also stressed that the National Police are “moderately satisfied” with the annual balance in the archipelago.