Living in Retiro
District of Madrid · 5.45 km²
Good transport and parks nearby
Is Retiro a good place to live? Mostly: its typical street scores 66, 13th of 21 areas in Madrid. 39% of its streets are leafy and 41% on loud roads.
Daily life on foot (typical street)
Shop 2 min 
Café or bar 1 min 
Pharmacy 2 min 
School 3 min 
Tram or bus stop 2 min What's here
411 cafés, bars and restaurants · 170 shops · 70 pharmacies · 62 schools · 124 stops
The six parts
Also scored
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Safety
An estimate from 2 sources. Each note below says where it comes from and how far to trust it.
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.)
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 Retiro
Calle Antonio Bienvenida (91), Calle del Poeta Esteban de Villegas (89), Calle de Amado Nervo (88)