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Safety · Spain
Updated September 2026

🫂 I have experienced sexual violence — where can I go, right now?

Direct answer

Whatever happened and whenever it happened, help is available without any obligation to report. Centros de crisis 24 h para violencia sexual / 016 (016) is the specialised centre or helpline for Spain: medical care, evidence collection you can decide about later, emergency contraception and PEP within 72 hours, and someone who believes you — free and confidential. Policía Nacional — denuncia (091) if you want to report or are in danger; you can have a support person with you. Oficinas de Asistencia a las Víctimas del Delito (mjusticia.gob.es) supports you through everything that follows, at your pace.

Call firstCentros de crisis 24 h para violencia sexual / 016
Report toPolicía Nacional — denuncia
If that failsOficinas de Asistencia a las Víctimas del Delito

🗣️ What to say

"Something happened to me [today / on date] and I need help. I am not sure yet whether I want to report it. I would like medical care and to know my options."

🪜 Step by step

  1. Safe and not aloneA friend, a neighbour, the helpline. Nothing has to be decided tonight except your safety.
  2. Medical care within 72 hoursFor prevention (PEP, emergency contraception) and, if you choose, evidence collection. Try not to wash or change clothes before, but care comes first either way.
  3. Talk to Centros de crisis 24 h para violencia sexual / 016They explain reporting without pressure and can store evidence while you decide.
  4. If you report: Policía Nacional — denunciaYou can bring a support person and ask for a specialised officer. The statement can be recorded once.
  5. Afterwards: Oficinas de Asistencia a las Víctimas del DelitoCounselling, legal help, compensation from the state fund — all free for victims.

📇 All contacts

Centros de crisis 24 h para violencia sexual / 016Comprehensive care after sexual violence, no report neededAnytime📞 016🔗 violenciagenero.igualdad.gob.es
Policía Nacional — denunciaReport at a station or start online; Guardia Civil cyber unitAlways — the basis for bank, insurer and platform📞 091🔗 www.policia.es/_es/denuncias.php
Oficinas de Asistencia a las Víctimas del DelitoFree support, accompaniment, compensationAfter any crime🔗 www.mjusticia.gob.es/es/ciudadania/victimas
016 — violencia de géneroFree, 24/7, does not appear on the billGender-based and domestic violence📞 016🔗 violenciagenero.igualdad.gob.es

❓ Frequently asked

It happened years ago

Help and counselling are available regardless; limitation periods for reporting are long and in many countries do not run for minors until adulthood.

I knew the person / I had been drinking

None of that changes what it was or your rights. Consent cannot be given when incapacitated.

Will I have to face them in court?

Special measures — video testimony, screens, no direct questioning by the accused — are standard for these cases. Oficinas de Asistencia a las Víctimas del Delito arranges it.

📎 Sources

Last checked: 2026-09-26

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