Living in Arganzuela

District of Madrid · 6.51 km²

A good place to live

Good transport and parks nearby

Is Arganzuela a good place to live? Mostly: its typical street scores 68, 10th of 21 areas in Madrid. 47% of its streets are on loud roads.

Daily life on foot (typical street)

Shop 2 min

Café or bar 1 min

Pharmacy 2 min

School 2 min

Tram or bus stop 2 min

What's here

571 cafés, bars and restaurants · 224 shops · 89 pharmacies · 98 schools · 274 stops

The six parts

View and sky 80

Trees and green 46

Parks nearby 75

Quiet 48

Few tourists 88

Life without a car 97

Also scored

Easy on foot 85

Good for families 80

Not part of the score above.

Safety

Looks safe

An estimate from 2 sources. Each note below says where it comes from and how far to trust it.

Street safety (our estimate) 79

Our estimate from traffic speed, crossings, street lighting and how many places are open nearby. It is not about crime. (median of the district's streets.)

Region (Eurostat) 77

Police-recorded crime for the whole region, compared with the European median. Says nothing about this district in particular. (Madrid: 1,014 assaults, robberies, burglaries and thefts per 100,000 people in 2024, 0.8× the European regional median.)

Not part of the score above, and it doesn't change the map colours. Some sources can be unreliable.

Not available here yet: Reddit, City survey (Numbeo).

Best streets to live on in Arganzuela

Calle de Meneses (89), Calle de Ariel (88), Calle de Melilla (88)

Neighbourhoods in Arganzuela

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